SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) Mar. 28, 2015 — Arab leaders are meeting in a key summit in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, days after a Saudi-led, 10-nation alliance began a campaign of airstrikes against Iranian-backed Shiite rebels and their allies in Yemen.
Saturday`s summit was preceded by a meeting between Saudi Arabia`s King Salman, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and Yemen`s embattled leader Abed Raboo Mansour Hadi.
Hadi fled the Yemeni port city of Aden earlier this week in the face of a military push by the rebels, also known as the Houthis, and their allies, forces loyal to his ousted predecessor Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Of the Arab League`s 22 heads of state, 14 were in attendance Saturday as the meeting began.