The annual Arab summit, which took place on March 23 in Algeria, did not ask Syria to withdraw, which would have given the pullback an Arab endorsement as envisaged in the 1989 Taif Agreement rather than making it dependent on Resolution 1559.
Det årlige arabiske topmøde, der fandt sted 23. marts i Algeriet, krævede ikke Syriens tilbagetrækning, hvilket ville have planen givet den arabiske opbakning, der var tiltænkt i Taif-aftalen fra 1989, i stedet for blot at være baseret på resolution 1559.