Arab League chief says Baghdad summit will bolster Arab solidarity, address Gaza crisis

Arab League chief says Baghdad summit will bolster Arab solidarity, address Gaza crisis
Ahmed Aboul-Gheit, the secretary-general of the Arab League, delivered a lecture at the Saud Al-Nasser Al-Sabah Kuwait Diplomatic Institute on Tuesday. (KUNA)
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Updated 29 April 2025

Arab League chief says Baghdad summit will bolster Arab solidarity, address Gaza crisis

Arab League chief says Baghdad summit will bolster Arab solidarity, address Gaza crisis
  • Ahmed Aboul-Gheit met with crown prince of Kuwait at Bayan Palace

LONDON: Kuwait’s Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah received Ahmed Aboul-Gheit, the secretary-general of the Arab League, at Bayan Palace.

Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Abdullah Al-Yahya, permanent representative of the Arab League, Talal Al-Mutairi, and other senior officials, attended the meeting.

Aboul-Gheit is visiting Kuwait, where he delivered a lecture at the Saud Al-Nasser Al-Sabah Kuwait Diplomatic Institute on Tuesday about the challenges of maintaining stability in the Arab region.

He stressed the significance of the upcoming Arab League summit in Baghdad next month to address challenges in the region, most importantly the Israeli war in Gaza, the KUNA agency reported.

He said that the Baghdad summit would be a platform to strengthen Arab solidarity and to address development in Gaza, Syria, Yemen, and Libya. He said assistant secretary-general Hossam Zaki would visit Baghdad to assess the arrangements for the Arab League summit, KUNA reported.

Aboul-Gheit said the Arab League is pursuing diplomatic efforts to promote the two-state solution, an issue expected to be discussed at a conference at the UN in June as part of a Saudi-French initiative aimed at drumming up support for the establishment of a Palestinian state.


Hamas armed wing says to hand over Gaza hostage body at 1900 GMT

Hamas armed wing says to hand over Gaza hostage body at 1900 GMT
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Hamas armed wing says to hand over Gaza hostage body at 1900 GMT

Hamas armed wing says to hand over Gaza hostage body at 1900 GMT
GAZA CITY: Hamas’s armed wing said it would hand over the remains of another hostage on Wednesday as required under the US-brokered ceasefire deal with Israel in Gaza.
The Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades “will hand over the body of an Israeli prisoner found in the Shujaiya neighborhood, east of Gaza City, at 9 PM Gaza time” (1900 GMT), the group said on its Telegram channel.
Of the 28 deceased hostages Hamas agreed to hand over to Israel under the deal, it has so far returned 21 — including 19 Israelis, one Thai national and one Nepali.