The 2008 Arab League summit was held in Damascus

Damascus

Damascus , commonly known in Syria as Al Sham , and as the City of Jasmine , is the capital and the second largest city of Syria after Aleppo, both are part of the country's 14 governorates. In addition to being one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Damascus is a major...

 on March 29, 2008. The summit was marred by inter-Arab differences, mainly over the political deadlock in Lebanon

2006–2008 Lebanese political protests

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, with relations between Syria and the Saudi-Egypt coalition reaching an all time low. Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

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 and Egypt

Egypt

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 snubbed the summit by sending low-level representatives. Lebanon

Lebanon

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's majority government boycotted the summit.

External links

• Official Website of the Summit (Arabic)