The story: Saudi Arabia has invited Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad to attend the upcoming Arab League summit. The move follows the 22-member Arab bloc’s reversal of its suspension of Syria’s membership, ending 12 years of isolation. The political shift has been followed by a heightened focus on Syrian drug trafficking, featuring rare Jordanian airstrikes on alleged narcotics labs in the war-torn country.

The coverage: King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on May 10 invited Assad to attend the Arab League summit scheduled to be held on May 19.

• The invitation for Assad to attend the gathering in Jeddah was reportedly delivered by the Saudi Ambassador to Jordan Nayef bin Bandar Al-Sudairi. 

Three days earlier, on May 7, the Arab League issued a joint statement announcing the reinstatement of Syria. The measure was...