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Morocco Invited to Arab League Summit in Algeria

A handout photo made available by Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs shows Algerian Minister of Justice Abderrachid Tabi (L) handing a letter of invitation extended to King Mohammed VI, to Morocco's Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, in Rabat, Morocco, 27 September 2022. (EPA)/Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
A handout photo made available by Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs shows Algerian Minister of Justice Abderrachid Tabi (L) handing a letter of invitation extended to King Mohammed VI, to Morocco's Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, in Rabat, Morocco, 27 September 2022. (EPA)/Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
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Morocco Invited to Arab League Summit in Algeria

A handout photo made available by Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs shows Algerian Minister of Justice Abderrachid Tabi (L) handing a letter of invitation extended to King Mohammed VI, to Morocco's Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, in Rabat, Morocco, 27 September 2022. (EPA)/Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
A handout photo made available by Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs shows Algerian Minister of Justice Abderrachid Tabi (L) handing a letter of invitation extended to King Mohammed VI, to Morocco's Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, in Rabat, Morocco, 27 September 2022. (EPA)/Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Morocco received on Tuesday an invitation to attend the Arab League summit in Algeria in November.

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune issued an invitation letter to Moroccan King Mohammed VI to join the summit.

Algerian Justice Minister Abderachid Tabi traveled to Morocco’s capital Rabat on Tuesday to hand-deliver the invitation to Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita.

The summit is scheduled for November 1 and 2.

Algeria severed diplomatic ties with Morocco last year, over alleged “hostile” actions from its neighbor.

The tensions between Algeria and Morocco stem largely from a dispute over the Western Sahara, which is claimed by Morocco.

Asharq Al-Awsat had recently learned from a trusted source in Rabat that King Mohammed was planning on attending the summit

The Algerian justice minister also hand-delivered invitations to other Arab countries last week.

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Syrians Recover Human Remains from Site Used by Hezbollah and Other Assad Allies

An aerial view taken with a drone shows members of the Syrian Civil Defense group, the White Helmets, loading human remains in body bags on a truck in the Sayyida Zeinab district of Damascus, Syria, 18 December 2024. (EPA)
An aerial view taken with a drone shows members of the Syrian Civil Defense group, the White Helmets, loading human remains in body bags on a truck in the Sayyida Zeinab district of Damascus, Syria, 18 December 2024. (EPA)
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Syrians Recover Human Remains from Site Used by Hezbollah and Other Assad Allies

An aerial view taken with a drone shows members of the Syrian Civil Defense group, the White Helmets, loading human remains in body bags on a truck in the Sayyida Zeinab district of Damascus, Syria, 18 December 2024. (EPA)
An aerial view taken with a drone shows members of the Syrian Civil Defense group, the White Helmets, loading human remains in body bags on a truck in the Sayyida Zeinab district of Damascus, Syria, 18 December 2024. (EPA)

The Syrian Civil Defense group, known as the White Helmets, uncovered at least 21 corpses as well as incomplete human remains on Wednesday in the Sayyida Zeinab suburb of the capital Damascus.

The discovery was made at a site previously used by Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Iran-backed Iraqi militias, both allies of deposed President Bashar al-Assad during the country’s civil war.

The site included a field kitchen, a drugstore and a morgue, according to Ammar al-Salmo, an official with the White Helmets, a volunteer organization that operated in areas that were controlled by the opposition.

Rescue teams in white hazmat suits searched the site, located not far from the revered shrine of Sayyida Zeinab. The remains were placed into black bags and loaded onto a truck as bystanders from the neighborhood looked on.

“Some (of the remains) are skeletons, others are incomplete, and there are bags of small bones. We cannot yet determine the number of victims,” al-Salmo said.

“Damascus has become a mass grave,” he said, pointing out the growing reports of war-related graves and burial sites in the capital and other places in Syria.

Iran and Hezbollah provided Assad’s government with military, financial and logistical support during the civil war.