Syria was out of the Arab League for more than a decade.

Now, President Bashar al-Assad and his regime have been welcomed back.

The readmittance points to a warming of ties between Syria and many of its regional neighbours. But critics say calls for accountability over the country’s civil war are now fading.

So does this end al-Assad’s regional isolation? What’s next for Syria and its people?

Presenter: Folly Bah Thibault

Guests:

Omar Alshogre – Former Syrian refugee and now director for detainee affairs at the Syrian Emergency Task Force

Joshua Landis – Director of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma

Ammar Waqqaf – Director of Gnosos, a Middle East think-tank