Arab League Economic Leaders Discuss Water Woes, Tourism -- Washington Times
BAGHDAD — Drought and uprisings are threatening to undermine the Middle East’s economy, Arab officials said Tuesday as they discussed plans to boost the region’s stability at the start of a key summit in Baghdad.
For the first time in a generation, leaders from 21 states gathered in Iraq for the Arab League’s annual summit.
Iraq is hoping the summit will better integrate its Shiite-led government into the Sunni-dominated Arab world, and has deployed thousands of soldiers and police forces across Baghdad to prevent insurgent threats from upending it.
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My Comment: Much of the Arab League's focus (in this summit) will still be on the civil war in Syria, but economic issues are becoming more important.