Arab League

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced last Monday that some Arab countries consider Israel "an indispensable ally" in the fight against Iran and Daesh. During a visit to Rio...

Kuwait said on Monday it expected more Arab countries to reopen embassies in Damascus in "coming days" but added that the move would need a green light from the...

Kuwaiti Deputy FM Khaled Al-Jarallah said today that his country's embassy in Damascus will not reopen without a greenlight from the Cairo-based Arab League. Speaking to Al Jazeera, Al-Jarallah also criticised...

Omar Al-Bashir's visit to Damascus reminded observers of the Syrian situation of the positions on the return of Damascus and its president to the Arab League's meetings. Since the...

The Arab League will send delegations to Australia and Brazil to try to dissuade their leaders from missteps on the status of the occupied city of Jerusalem, the bloc...

The Arab Parliament urged the Arab League on Friday to reinstate Syria's membership, which was suspended seven years ago, Reuters reports Egypt's state news agency as saying yesterday. The...

Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmad Abul-Gheit said yesterday that the organisation is to discuss the Saudi vision on tourism investment during the Arab Economic and Social Development Summit...

Russia has called on the Arab League to restore Syria's membership into the 22 state organisation. The appeal was made by Moscow's National Centre for Defence Management, with Colonel...

The Arab League has told Brazil's right-wing President-elect Jair Bolsonaro that moving Brazil's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem would be a setback for relations with Arab countries, in a...

An Arab League (AL) official on Tuesday called on the United Nations to release a list of firms which cooperate with the Israeli settlement in the occupied Arab territories, Egyptian...

Saudi Arabia announced yesterday that it was transferring $60 million to the account of the Palestinian Ministry of Finance in the occupied West Bank, Saudi news agency SPA reported....

Arab countries require $230 billion annually to achieve the sustainable development goals, a report by the Lebanon-based Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) revealed yesterday. The report, titled "Financing...

Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit yesterday welcomed Spain's readiness to recognise the state of Palestine, noting this reflects historic friendship with the Arab states, a statement...

The Arab League today welcomed Paraguay's decision to cancel its decision. To relocate it's embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Saeed Abu Ali, the Assistant Arab League...

Mishaal Al-Salami, the Speaker of the Arab Parliament, sent written letters on Thursday to the presidents of the three parliaments that declared their intention to transfer their embassies in...

The Arab League yesterday welcomed the Irish Senate's vote in favour of a bill that would ban the import of products from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian...

Arab warplanes and warships pounded Houthi positions in Yemen's Hudaydah on Thursday as a Saudi-led alliance tried to seize the port city in the largest battle of a war...

The Arab League has severed ties with Guatemala following the latter's decision to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to occupied Jerusalem. Arab League spokesman, Mahmoud Afif, said in...

The Arab League condemned the death of Palestinian prisoner of Aziz Awaisat at the hands of the Israeli Prison Service (IPS). In a statement, the Arab League said on...

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki suggested on Thursday that Arab countries should recall their ambassadors to the United States in response to Washington moving its Israel embassy to Jerusalem....

Qatar yesterday accused the Egyptian authorities of delaying issuing visas to its delegation in an effort to obstruct its participation in the Arab League meeting in Cairo, the Rassd...

The Arabs have been and continue to be polarised on many political issues involving the future of the region. During the first Gulf War in 1990, the Palestine Liberation...

The Saudi Development Fund has paid $40m to the Palestinian Authority (PA) ministry of finance in support of the PA budget, the Saudi newspaper Okaz reported yesterday. The permanent...

The Saudi Foreign Minister, Adel al-Jubeir has denied media reports claiming the kingdom has chosen the city of Dhahran to host the Arab League 29th Ordinary Summit instead of...

The Arab League summit currently taking place in Saudi Arabia lacks any political or international credibility, a senior advisor to Iran's Supreme Leader has said. "There is no significance...

An Arab League summit yesterday called for an international probe into the "criminal" use of chemical weapons in Syria and condemned what it saw as Iran's interference in the...

The Arab League will hold an emergency meeting Tuesday on Israeli desadly attacks against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, league official said Monday. Saeed Abu Ali, assistant secretary-general for...

Palestine on Sunday called on the Arab League to hold an emergency meeting on "Israeli crimes against Land Marches," Palestine's ambassador to Cairo told Anadolu Agency. Diab al-Louh said his...

The head of Libya's Justice and Construction Party, Mohammed Sowan, yesterday rejected remarks by the Arab League envoy to Libya, Salaheddine Jamali, on the current draft constitution. Sowan said...

The Arab League has said that the Israeli Knesset supports racist laws to Judaize and steal Palestinian land and promote apartheid. In a report issued Sunday, the league said...

The Republic of South Sudan has officially requested to be a member of the Arab league, Khaleej Online reported yesterday. "The application will be presented to the Arab league...

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit yesterday "called for African states to reject Israel's candidature for UN Security Council (UNSC) seat for 2019-2020", reported Xinhua. Speaking at the opening session...