Morocco announced Saturday it will reopen its embassy in Damascus, closed since 2012, signaling renewed support for Syria after Bashar al-Assad’s overthrow.
King Mohammed VI’s letter to interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa, read at an Arab League summit in Baghdad, expressed Morocco’s support for the Syrian people’s “quest for freedom, security, and stability.”
Rabat severed ties in 2012 due to the Syrian civil war, which began in 2011 with Assad’s crackdown on protests.
Assad was toppled in December by Islamist-led rebels, ending a 13-year war that caused over 500,000 deaths and displaced millions.
