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Morocco foreign minister backs dialogue on Syria's return to Arab league
Reuters ^ | 23 Jan 2019 | Hesham Hajali, Ahmed Eljechtimi

Posted on 01/23/2019 8:59:49 PM PST by blueplum

RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco softened its rhetoric on Syria on Wednesday, with its foreign minister signaling support for calls among some Arab states for a return of Damascus to the Arab League. {snip}

...Arab states, including some that once backed rebels against President Bashar al-Assad, are seeking to reconcile with him after decisive gains by his forces in the war, aiming to expand their clout in Syria at the expense of non-Arab Turkey and Iran.

The Moroccan position on Syria comes after Lebanon’s caretaker Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil called last Friday for reinstating Syria ...

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Syria
KEYWORDS: arableague; assad; djibouti; erdogan; eritrea; hassannasrallah; hezbollah; iran; kurdistan; lebanon; middleeast; morocco; receptayyiperdogan; sudan; syria; threeandahalfamigos; trump; turkey; yemen
I'm going to guess that the MSM knew about all this diplomatic maneuvering last month, but rather than laud a Trump-driven peace solution, they lambasted Trump's announcement of troop withdrawal instead
1 posted on 01/23/2019 8:59:49 PM PST by blueplum
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
...aiming to expand their clout in Syria at the expense of non-Arab Turkey and Iran.
Yeah, good one. Thanks blueplum.

2 posted on 01/23/2019 11:59:56 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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