The gathering of the 22-member Arab League also heard an appeal from the U.N. and Arab peace envoy for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, for an end to the flow of arms to combatants in the war which has killed over 140,000 people and displaced millions.
Brahimi did not name the suppliers, but Saudi Arabia and Qatar are believed to be the main Arab funders of military assistanceto rebels in Syria, while non-Arab Iran is the main regional power backing President Bashar al-Assad.
