Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad arrived in Saudi Arabia's Jeddah to attend the Arab League's 32nd Summit, which will be held on Friday, 19 May, in his first visit to the Kingdom since before the outbreak of the 2011 war.

The move is set to be Syria's official return to the League after the latter announced on 7 May that it would end a 12-year freeze of the Syrian membership in the 22-member organisation.
Saudi-Syrian relations had been severed since 2011.
Last week, both countries agreed on re-opening their embassies, a move that comes after multiple Arab countries, including the United Arab Emirates, have restored ties with the Assad government.
Some other countries, including Qatar, are still refraining from resuming relations with the Syrian government.