The Arab League’s 22 member states have elected veteran Egyptian diplomat Ahmed Aboul-Gheit to head the body in a late-night session yesterday. Aboul-Gheit, who was the last foreign minister under former President Hosni Mubarak, was the only contender for the post of secratary-general. The appointment came at a critical time for the Middle East, with Syria marking the fifth anniversary of its civil war, proxy wars between Saudi Arabia and Iran, and the battle against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group raging across the region.
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