Arab League welcomes Syria back into fold after 11 years of suspension

In a major diplomatic push on Sunday, the Arab League re-admitted Syria and ended a more than decade-long suspension of the war-torn country.

The Arab League has finally secured President Bashar al-Assad’s return to the fold after keeping him in isolation for years.

The 22-member body had suspended Syria in November 2011 over crackdown on peaceful protests, which began earlier that year and spiralled into a civil conflict. This conflict has killed more than 500,000 people, displaced millions and battered the infrastructure and industry in Syria.