In 1989, it joined with the rest of the Arab world in readmitting Egypt to the 19th Arab League Summit at Casablanca. This decision, prompted in part by Syria's need for Arab League support of its own position in Lebanon, marked the end of the Syrian-led opposition to Egypt and the 1977–79 Sadat initiatives toward Israel, as well as the Camp David Accords.
It coincided with the end of the 10-year Arab subsidy to Syria and other front-line Arab countries pledged at Baghdad in 1978.
With the end of the war in August 1988, Syria began a slow process of reintegration with the other Arab states.
In 1989, it joined with the rest of the Arab world in readmitting Egypt to the 19th Arab League Summit at Casablanca. This decision, prompted in part by Syria's need for Arab League support of its own position in Lebanon, marked the end of the Syrian-led opposition to Egypt and the 1977–79 Sadat initiatives toward Israel, as well as the Camp David Accords.
Syria re-established full diplomatic relations with Egypt in 1989.
In the 1990–1991 Gulf War, Syria joined other Arab states in the US-led multinational coalition against Iraq.
In 1998, Syria began a slow rapprochement with Iraq, driven primarily by economic needs.
Syria continues to play an active pan-Arab role, which has intensified as the peace process collapsed in September 2000 with the start of the second Palestinian uprising (Intifada) against Israel.
Though it voted in favor of UNSCR 1441 in 2002, Syria was against coalition military action in Iraq in 2003.
Though it voted in favor of UNSCR 1441 in 2002, Syria was against coalition military action in Iraq in 2003.
Syria was suspended from the Arab League in 2011 and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in 2012.
Syria was suspended from the Arab League in 2011 and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in 2012.
From among the Arab League states, Syria continues to have good relations with Iraq, Egypt (after 3 July 2013), Algeria, Lebanon, Mauritania, Oman, Sudan, and the State of Palestine.
On 26 March 2013, at the Arab league summit in Doha, the League recognised the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, as the legitimate representatives of the Syrian people.
The Syrian Arab Republic also recognizes Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Western Sahara. In December 2018, after American president Donald Trump announced the partial withdrawal of U.S.
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