Arab leaders meet in Algeria for first League summit in three years

Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, centre, arrives for a preparatory meeting before the beginning of the Arab Summit in Algiers, Algeria, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. Algeria is readying to host the 31st Arab League Summit, the first since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic (Anis Belghoul/AP/PA)

Arab leaders met in Algeria on Tuesday at the 31st summit of the largest annual Arab conference to seek common ground on divisive issues in the region.

The meeting comes against the backdrop of rising inflation, food and energy shortages, drought and soaring cost of living across the Middle East and Africa.