DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain appointed its first ambassador to Damascus on Thursday since it downgraded ties early in the conflict in Syria.
The appointment of Waheed Mubarak Sayyar, reported by Bahrain's state news agency BNA, is part of a diplomatic shift https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/arabs-ease-assads-isolation-us-looks-elsewhere-2021-10-10 in the Middle East as a growing number of Arab countries revive ties with President Bashar al-Assad.
