Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri. (Credit: Hassan Ibrahim/Parliament Archive Flickr account)
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri seems to want to take the road back to Damascus.As Arab countries appear to be aiming to bring Syria back to the fold, Berri wants to jump on the bandwagon.Long considered Damascus' main ally in Lebanon, Berri severed ties with President Bashar al-Assad in 2011 at the start of the Syrian Civil War.But since the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria, the region's countries have been signaling normalization with Assad.Lebanon was one of the first countries to make such a gesture by sending a ministerial delegation to Damascus shortly after the earthquake.A few days later, a parliamentary delegation chaired by MP Ali Hassan Khalil, Berri's right-hand man, also made a trip to Syria.“In recent years, relations between Assad and Berri have been turbulent because the Parliament speaker has never openly supported...
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri seems to want to take the road back to Damascus.As Arab countries appear to be aiming to bring Syria back to the fold, Berri wants to jump on the bandwagon.Long considered Damascus' main ally in Lebanon, Berri severed ties with President Bashar al-Assad in 2011 at the start of the Syrian Civil War.But since the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria, the region's countries have been signaling normalization with Assad.Lebanon was one of the first countries to make such a gesture by sending a ministerial delegation to Damascus shortly after the earthquake.A few days later, a parliamentary delegation chaired by MP Ali Hassan Khalil, Berri's right-hand man, also made a trip to Syria.“In recent years, relations between Assad and Berri have been turbulent because the Parliament speaker has never openly...
