BAGHDAD, March 19 (UPI) -- Nine Arab nations have reopened their embassies in Iraq and other Arab consulates will reopen soon, the head of the League of Arab States said Thursday.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, March 17 (UPI) -- The Arab League says it won't exercise an international arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Bashir if he attends an Arab summit in Qatar this month.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- It is Hamas' intention to replace the Palestine Liberation Organization with a new body that serves the Islamist group's agenda of "resistance" against the Israeli occupation. Hamas' efforts to take over or replace the PLO represent a severe challenge to Palestinian moderates who have been weakened by stagnation in the peace process and the Israeli military action in Gaza. The outcome of this political struggle will shape the future of Palestinian politics and the prospects for peace.

KUWAIT CITY, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Arab leaders agreed on a plan to aid in rebuilding Gaza but not on much else during a two-day summit that ended Tuesday.

BAGHDAD, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- Iraqi President Jalal Talabani will put energy, investments and reconstruction at the top of his agenda at an economic summit in Kuwait, officials said Friday.

CAIRO, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Arab leaders immediately condemned the Israeli airstrikes Saturday on the Hamas stronghold of Gaza.

CAIRO, July 20 (UPI) -- Arab League foreign ministers issued a statement after an emergency meeting Saturday opposing war crimes charges against the president of Sudan.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 23 (UPI) -- Gen. Michael Suleiman, commander of the Lebanese armed forces, will assume the presidency in a special session of Parliament, Speaker Nabih Berri announced.

DAMASCUS, Syria, March 29 (UPI) -- Syrian President Bashar Assad led a closed-door session Saturday at the Arab summit in Syria aimed at burnishing relations in the Arab community.