Arab leaders to attend 32nd summit in Saudi Arabia
The Saudi city of Jeddah will host the Arab League's 32nd regular leaders summit Friday, with the head of the Syrian regime to attend for the first time in 12 years.
Bashar al-Assad's participation in the regular summit comes after Syria was reinstated as a member of the Arab League earlier this month, in time for its 50th summit in the past 77 years. Major outcomes emerged from previous summits, with the most prominent compiled below.
1940s: Breakthrough
1946 - Emergency Inshas summit in Egypt: The Palestinian cause is at the forefront of talks.
1950s: Support for Egypt, Algeria
1956 - Beirut emergency summit in Lebanon: Support is expressed for Egypt as its Sinai Peninsula was occupied by the British, French, and Israelis, as well as for Algeria in its fight for independence against France.
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