UAE invites Syria's President Assad to COP28 climate summit, causing controversy.

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UAE invites Syria's President Assad to COP28 climate summit, causing controversy.
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The UAE has invited Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to the COP28 climate summit it is hosting in December, possibly placing him in the same venue as Western leaders who have opposed and sanctioned him for years. Fellow Arab states are warming to Syria again after isolating Assad for over a decade following his deadly crackdown on street protests that spiralled into a brutal civil war.

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