Arab leaders pose for a family photo prior to the opening ceremony of the Arab summit in Damascus on March 29, 2008. Front row (L-R) Morocco's Prince Moulay Rachid, Comoros Islands President Ahmed Abdullah Sambi, Palestinain president Mahmud Abbas, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir, Libyan Leader Moamer al-Kadhafi, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, United Arab Emirates's President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan, Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Ahmed al-Sabah and Mauritanian President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallhi. Syria is hosting today a summit boycotted this year by half of the Arab world's leaders who blame Damascus for the political crisis in Lebanon. Getty Images logo Getty Images 47 months ago

Arab leaders pose for a family photo prior to the opening ceremony of the Arab summit in Damascus on March 29, 2008. Front row (L-R) Morocco's Prince Moulay Rachid, Comoros Islands President Ahmed Abdullah Sambi, Palestinain president Mahmud Abbas, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir, Libyan Leader Moamer al-Kadhafi, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, United Arab Emirates's President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan, Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Ahmed al-Sabah and Mauritanian President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallhi. Syria is hosting today a summit boycotted this year by half of the Arab world's leaders who blame Damascus for the political crisis in Lebanon.

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