Saudi Arabia attempted to overcome damaging rifts in the Arab world and weaken Iranian influence in the region by playing host on Wednesday to Bashar al-Assad, the controversial Syrian president, in a big show of reconciliation.
The leaders of Egypt and Kuwait also joined King Abdullah, Saudi Arabia’s ruler, at the summit in an attempt to create some unity among wrangling Arab states ahead of an Arab League summit scheduled for March 30.
Syria has long been seen as a troublesome maverick because of its close ties to Iran and its support for militant groups including Hizbollah, the Lebanese Shia movement, and Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist group that controls the Gaza Strip.
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