A handout picture released by the official Syrian news

A handout picture released by the official Syrian news agency SANA shows Arab leaders posing for a family photograph before the start of an Arab economic summit in Kuwait City on January 19, 2009. Arab leaders opened the summit today amid sharp differences over Israel's deadly offensive in the Gaza Strip and ways to deal with the regional fallout of the 22-day war. Seen in the picture are (L-R - back row) Jordanian King Abdullah II, Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh, Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Abdul Rahman al-Attiya, Comoros Islands President Ahmad Abdullah Sambi, Moroccan Prime Minister Abbas el-Fassi, Arab League Secretary General Amr Mussa and (L-R - front row) Palestinian president Mahmud abbas, acting Somalian President, Sheikh Adan Madoobe, Tunisia's Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Emirati President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud, Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah, Senegal's President Abdulaye Wade who currently heads the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Qatar's Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, Lebanese President Michel Sleiman, Bahrain's King Hamad al-Khalifa and Omani Vice Premier Fahd bin Mahmud al-Said.
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