Arab League summit begins in Baghdad with Gaza at top of agenda

Iraqi foreign minister Fuad Hussein welcomes Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani upon his arrival at Baghdad International Airport (Pool via AP)

Regional leaders are meeting in Baghdad at the annual summit of the Arab League, with the war in Gaza expected to once again loom large in discussions.

In March, at an emergency summit in Cairo, Arab leaders endorsed a proposed plan for reconstruction of the Gaza Strip without displacing its roughly two million residents.