Mauritania (after 2018), Bahrain (after 2018), Kuwait (after 2018), Libya, Oman, Comoros, Sudan (after 2018), Yemen, Somalia and Palestine. Following the visit of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, the Arab League initiated the process of readmission of the Syrian Arab Republic to the organization, while the United Arab Emirates reopened their embassy in Syria on 27 December, and Bahrain announced its intentions to reopen their embassies. On 26 February 2023, President Bashar al-Assad had met with Iraqi, Jordanian, Palestinian, Libyan, Egyptian and Emirati speakers of legislative bodies, as well as representatives from Oman and Lebanon on behalf of Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union, to discuss further cooperation between the Arab states and Syria. After the devastating 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake, the Saudis, Emirati and Algerians contributed significantly to the relief effort. A week before, Al-Assad travelled to Oman for his first foreign visit since the quake. International disputes Western Golan Heights with Israel; dispute with upstream riparian Turkey over Turkish water development plans for the Tigris and Euphrates rivers separation of the Hatay State and subsequent incorporation into the Turkish state dispute with Turkey concerning the Turkish occupation of North Syria dispute with the United States over the American-led intervention and occupation of Syrian territory ilicit drugs: a transit point for opiates and hashish bound for regional and Western markets, as well as captagon See also List of diplomatic missions in Syria List of diplomatic missions of Syria Foreign relations of the Syrian Opposition International recognition of the Syrian National Council Sanctions against Syria References External links Ministry of Foreign Affairs UNRWA Commissioner-General Visits Syria EU Neighbourhood Info Centre: Country profile of Syria Further reading