Arab leaders are heading to Damascus Saturday for a summit organized by the Arab League. Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa says US-led peace efforts had faltered seriously since a Middle East peace summit in Annapolis, Maryland in November. Moussa also said that the Arab League would continue to push for the entire Middle East to become a zone free from nuclear weapons.

Amr Moussa: “The regional security requires a lot of work and requires, in particular, the establishment of a zone free from nuclear weapons. This should apply to Israel, to Iran, to any other country in the region. This is the basic point in our policy. If the situation remains as it is, I believe that a viable security system, a viable security scheme for the region will be very difficult to achieve.”