Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 09/2008

PolicyWatch #1351: Will the Damascus Arab Summit Be Convened?

Hassan Barari

March 2008

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Abstract

In the Middle East, it is widely believed that Syria is obstructing the election of a new Lebanese president. Amid this crisis, many are beginning to doubt whether the next Arab League summit, scheduled to open in Damascus at month's end, will take place at all.