Arab doctors will meet in Jordan to probe rumours that former Palestinian president Yasser Arafat was poisoned, nearly five years after he died of what French medics called a massive brain haemorrhage.

Nearly five years after Palestinian President Yasser Arafat died by what French doctors called a massive brain haemorrhage, Arab doctors will meet in Jordan to probe rumours Arafat was poisoned – a suspicion that has lingered years after his death.

A beaming Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas left a hospital in the Jordanian capital Amman today, saying he felt “just fine” hours after undergoing a successful minor heart procedure.