BEIRUT—U.S. allies in the Persian Gulf are exploring stronger ties with the Syrian regime, which was been widely shunned by Arab states in the region during the country’s nearly eight years of civil war. The United Arab Emirates reopened its embassy in Damascus on Thursday. The resumption of diplomatic services underscores the government’s “keenness to restore relations between the two brotherly countries,” the U.A.E.’s foreign ministry said in a brief statement carried by the state news agency. The embassy’s chargé d’affaires...

Source: Wall Street Journal December 27, 2018 20:48 UTC