Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R) receives Sudanese leader Omar

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R) receives Sudanese leader Omar al-Beshir at Damascus airport on March28, 2008. Almost half of Arab leaders are boycotting a weekend summit hosted by Syria, an Arab League official said today, as US allies snub Damascus over the political crisis in Lebanon. The Syrian president will host the leaders of Algeria, Comoros, Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania, Qatar, the Palestinian Authority, Sudan, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen, the official told.
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