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The Arab summit meeting began on a low key note in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Thursday. Only 10 of the leaders of the 22-member Arab League are attending the conference amid a divide among the Arab countries on how to tackle the crisis in Syria. The Emir of Kuwait was the lone head of state to attend from the six GCC countries. Two explosions were heard in the capital Baghdad as the summit opened.
A senior Iraqi intelligence official said a mortar hit near the Iranian Embassy, just outside the Green Zone where the summit was being held. There has been no word on the second explosion and no casualties have been reported so far. The explosions during the summit have once again exposed the fragile security in Iraq.
Baghdad had hoped that the summit would mark its return to the Arab fold after two decades of isolation. But the absence of more than half of the Arab leaders have raised questions over the importance of the meet. Experts say it might be an indication of the increased Sunni-Shia tensions across the region in the aftermath of last year's Arab Spring uprisings. The fault lines have been exposed in Syria where a minority Shiite offshoot Alawite sect is ruling over the majority Sunnis On the other hand, the majority Shiites Bahrain are ruled over by the minority Sunnis.
A senior Iraqi intelligence official said a mortar hit near the Iranian Embassy, just outside the Green Zone where the summit was being held. There has been no word on the second explosion and no casualties have been reported so far. The explosions during the summit have once again exposed the fragile security in Iraq.
Baghdad had hoped that the summit would mark its return to the Arab fold after two decades of isolation. But the absence of more than half of the Arab leaders have raised questions over the importance of the meet. Experts say it might be an indication of the increased Sunni-Shia tensions across the region in the aftermath of last year's Arab Spring uprisings. The fault lines have been exposed in Syria where a minority Shiite offshoot Alawite sect is ruling over the majority Sunnis On the other hand, the majority Shiites Bahrain are ruled over by the minority Sunnis.
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