Arab leaders arrived at the Arab League summit in Baghdad, Iraq's capital, including Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. The summit is being held under the slogan "Dialogue, Solidarity and Development." Syria's new president Ahmad al-Shra will not attend the summit, and the country will be represented by Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani.

