Leaders from across the Arab and Muslim world were in Riyadh for a meeting officially convened to discuss the fighting in Gaza and Lebanon.

Last March, China helped broker a Saudi-Iran reconciliation deal, signaling a regional shift. Iranian state media reported on Monday that Iranian Vice-President Mohammad Reza Aref left for Riyadh to take part in the summits, “aimed at bringing an end to the Israeli regime’s atrocities in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.”

Some in Iran’s new, more moderate government think Donald Trump’s win provides an opportunity to make a lasting deal with the United States.

Several leaders from across the Arab and Islamic world are set to hold an emergency summit in Saudi Arabia to end the violence in Gaza and Lebanon. NBC News’ Keir Simmons reports from Saudi Arabia on what the nations hope to achieve.

President Bola Tinubu has returned to Abuja after attending the Joint Arab-Islamic Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The President arrived at the presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Aiport,

Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler has called for immediate ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon at a joint Arab League and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation summit that has renewed calls for a Palestinian state.