Arab League readmits Syria as relations with Assad normalise

Syria's membership of Arab League suspended in 2011 after bloody crackdown on street protests

Arab League foreign ministers have adopted a decision to readmit Syria after more than a decade of suspension, consolidating a regional push to normalise ties with President Bashar al-Assad.

The decision said Syria could resume its participation in Arab League meetings immediately, while calling for a resolution of the crisis resulting from the country's civil war, including the flight of refugees to neighbouring countries and drug smuggling across the region.