Kuwait summit merely papers over Arab rifts


  • World
  • Thursday, 27 Mar 2014

Kuwait's Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Khalid al-Sabah (C) leaves after a news conference at the closing ceremony of the 25th Arab Summit in Kuwait City, March 26, 2014. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

KUWAIT (Reuters) - Arab leaders, at loggerheads over inter-Arab issues including Egypt and Syria, offered little evidence of progress after a two-day summit in Kuwait focused largely on avoiding further splits.

Gulf opposition to Qatar's financial backing for Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and Islamist rebels in Syria burst into the open last month when Saudi Arabia recalled its ambassador from Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain followed suit.

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