Shoukry in Tunisia ahead of Arab League Summit: Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry landed in Tunisia on Friday for a weekend of meetings in preparation for the upcoming Arab League Summit, which begins today, according to a Foreign Ministry statement. The meeting is expected to reach a consensus over Syria’s membership in the league, which was suspended at the beginning of the war in 2011. Shoukry met with his Jordanian and Iraqi counterparts ahead of the summit to discuss cooperation and regional affairs, according to a separate statement.