After backing anti-Assad rebels and abandoning Damascus headquarters, Hamas looks to restore ties with Syria.

The Gaza-based terrorist organization Hamas has agreed to reestablish ties with the Assad regime in Syria, after a decade-long dispute over the Syrian civil war, Reuters reported Tuesday.

The report, which cited two sources within Hamas, did not specify a reason for the move or its timing. One said that representatives from Hamas and the Syrian government have already held a number of “high-profile meetings to achieve that goal.”