The new Syrian administration’s Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani, Defense Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra, and intelligence chief Anas Khattab last week paid their first official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The latter is the third Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member state to welcome Shaibani since his appointment last month. While in Abu Dhabi, the Syrian interim chief diplomat met with his Emirati counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, discussing the “brotherly” ties between their countries and developments in Syria after the fall of former president...