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Arab League

The Arab League is a regional organization of countries in the Middle East and North Africa.

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camp for displaced Palestinians amid destroyed buildings in the west of Al-Shati camp

Palestinians, Israel eye Arab League plan for postwar Gaza

Palestinians, Israel eye Arab League plan for postwar Gaza

With the ceasefire shaky, the Arab League's postwar proposal has built-in challenges, and reactions so far are mixed.
ConflictsMarch 5, 2025
People flee from the rubble of the the eastern districts of the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis

Arab League to try to counter Trump's 'Gaza Riviera' plan

Arab League to try to counter Trump's 'Gaza Riviera' plan

Egypt is hosting a summit to discuss Gaza's reconstruction. Could Arab efforts counter the "Gaza Riviera" proposal?
PoliticsMarch 2, 2025
Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa, framed by Syrian flags

Syria's political road map backs new president amid reforms

Syria's political road map backs new president amid reforms

Syria's interim government is widely supported. But observers remain cautious over the plans for a democratic future.
PoliticsJanuary 31, 2025
Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit, seated center left, meets with leaders of three parties of the conflict in Libya, at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo

Libya: New hope for a political solution?

Libya: New hope for a political solution?

Libya's conflicting parties claim to be working on a way out of the country's crisis, but experts remain skeptical.
PoliticsMarch 15, 2024
A woman wails as lifeless bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks are brought to the mortuary of Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis

Oil, aid, airspace? Arab leaders' options on Gaza conflict

Oil, aid, airspace? Arab leaders' options on Gaza conflict

Arab nations are under pressure to act on Gaza. Radical measures have been suggested. But what can really be done?
ConflictsJanuary 24, 2024
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi

Israel's relations with Arab neighbors in the Middle East

Israel's relations with Arab neighbors in the Middle East

Here's what you need to know about how Israel's neighbors have responded to the ongoing war in Gaza.
PoliticsOctober 19, 2023
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A man reacts as he looks at a gruesome collection of images of dead bodies taken by a photographer, who has been identified by the code name "Caesar," at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

Syria invited to Arab League meeting, despite war crimes

Human rights groups want the Arab League to remember exactly what the Assad government has done during the civil war.
PoliticsMay 14, 2023
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