According to Russian media reports, UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah visited Damascus, Syria. The Syrian side attaches great importance to it, and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad personally greeted him and met with Abdullah. Russian media pointed out that this is the highest-ranking official of the Gulf countries to visit Syria after the outbreak of the Syrian civil war. From this, it is not difficult to see how significant the significance of this meeting is.
As a member of the US camp, the UAE wants to normalize relations with Syria, which is obviously something that the US side does not want to see, and some US politicians are even more like being trampled on the tail, accusing the UAE of ignoring "Syria's shameful behavior". The former U.S. envoy to Syria issued a curse, saying efforts to normalize regional relations were doomed to failure.
Why did a visit to the UAE make the U.S. react so much? Willingness is multifaceted. First, the UAE has been pushing countries in the region to normalize relations with Syria. Abdullah's visit follows the reopening of the UAE's embassy in Syria three years ago and earlier this year called on Syria to return to the Arab League. It can be said that this series of interactions between the UAE and Syria has stimulated the United States, and the United States wants to isolate Syria, but the UAE has been opposed.
Second, the timing of Abdullah's visit was embarrassing for the United States. Abdullah's visit, the United States is withdrawing troops from Syria, the U.S. military operation is very low-key, taking advantage of the dark, dispatched nearly 300 trucks, to pull personnel and equipment to Iraq. In the eyes of the United States, the Uae is seeing that the United States is retreating, so it ran to Damascus to meet Bashar. The move is undoubtedly punching the United States in the face.
Previously, the image of the United States withdrawing troops from Afghanistan is still fresh in the world's memory, so the United States tried to keep a low profile as much as possible, and as a result, the UAE made a big move when the United States wanted to keep a low profile. Originally, the United States secretly withdrew its troops without attracting the attention of the international community, and now the UAE has successfully attracted the global attention to Syria, "making the United States embarrassed again."
In addition, when the UAE held a rally this month, US Secretary of State Blinken expressed his dissatisfaction with Abdullah in person, mainly because the UAE is getting closer to Syria. Only after the warning was completed, the people ran to Damascus. This naturally makes the United States very embarrassed. Now the whole world knows that the UAE does not listen to the United States at all, even if it is dissatisfied in person, it is also regarded as the wind in the ears of the UAE, if it is like the UAE, how can the US team still bring it?
The situation in Syria is very different from that in Afghanistan. After the defeat of the United States in Afghanistan, it did not fall out with the Taliban, but continued to talk to the Taliban and even established some cooperation. However, after the defeat of Syria by the United States, it has never been able to put it down, and until now, the United States still does not support any country to restore relations with Syria. Why does the United States hate Bashar al-Assad so much? Not because Assad did anything wrong, but because he chose to stand with Russia and Iran.
Syria has become a foothold for the Russian military in the Middle East, and Syria is also an important part of the Shiite arc created by Iran, and the attitude of the United States towards Syria is that even if it cannot overthrow Assad, it will not make Syria feel better, trying to completely block Iran and Russia. But is this possible? The U.S. military has been driven away, and what capital does the United States have to dictate to Syria and its allies who have repaired relations with Syria?