The Isolation of Bashar Al-Assad

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Wai El Sowah: When the uprising broke in Syria, we were all taken by surprise. By 2012, Assad's diplomatic relations with Arab countries started being severed one by one and he was kicked out of the Arab League. He always had Russia on his side, but how isolated did he get? I would say the international isolation was pretty significant and severe.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad became a regional pariah after brutal crackdowns on his own citizens. But on Friday, the most powerful men in the Middle East welcomed him back into the Arab League.

This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy and Haleema Shah, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Matt Collette and Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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