Arab League Summit Opens In Baghdad

Arab League Summit Opens In Baghdad -- Al Jazeera

Explosion shakes city as Arab leaders attend meeting in Iraqi capital expected to be dominated by crisis in Syria.

Iraq is hosting its first Arab League summit in 22 years, with talks expected to be dominated by the crisis in Syria.

Nine heads of state and UN chief Ban Ki-moon were among those attending the opening of the summit in the former Republican Palace on Thursday.

Despite rigorous security arrangements, a mortar round landed on the edge of the fortified Green Zone as the summit got under way.

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