Syria's Assad welcomed back into Arab League with skepticism.

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has been readmitted to the Arab League, marking a significant moment in his regional rehabilitation. The move reflects thawing ties between Arab states and Assad, who has been shunned by the West. Assad's survival in the civil war is owed in large part to Iran and Russia, which were always more committed to his survival than his adversaries in the West and Middle East were to seeing him toppled by rebels.