Arab League

Arab League, Egypt praise UNRWA renewal as future in Gaza remains uncertain

While the US halted UNRWA funding, and Israel banned it outright after links with terror groups were disclosed last year, Arab countries celebrate its renewal by the UN General Assembly.

 A torn UNRWA logo is seen among destruction in Rafah, in southern Gaza, January 22, 2025
Jordan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi at a press conference in Amman, September 10, 2025.

Jordan, Arab Parliament welcome Gaza ceasefire agreement

 United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres exits the press room after speaking at the United Nations prior to a meeting about the ongoing conflict in Gaza, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, U.S., November 6, 2023

'Peace finally feels obtainable': World welcomes imminent release of hostages, Gaza deal signing

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani walks as he is welcomed by Jordan's King Abdullah upon his arrival at Marka military airport, in Amman, Jordan, September 17, 2025

Qatar’s bloody fingerprints: The double game of a terror sponsor - opinion


Syria's Bashar Assad could be included in Arab League meeting - analysis

This is a major development and shows how quickly Saudi Arabia has worked to bring Syria back into the Arab fold.

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad speaks during an interview with Turkey's Halk TV in Damascus, in this handout photograph distributed by Syria's national news agency SANA on October 4, 2013.

Operation Shield and Arrow may test Iran’s ‘unity of front’ plan - analysis

Iran has also continued to work to increase the terror infrastructure of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

 People hold a Palestinian and Iranian flags as they celebrate in the street after Iran launched missiles at U.S.-led forces in Iraq, in Tehran, Iran January 8, 2020.

Iran’s new sense of regional power - analysis

Iran’s allies in Syria are now moving back toward the Arab League and Iran’s president just returned from Damascus while its foreign minister was in Beirut.  

 Drones are seen at a site at an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on April 20, 2023.

Syrians split over government readmission into Arab League

Readmitting Syria into the Arab League was a "shock" for Syrians and would "kill the political process," said Bader Jamous, the head of the opposition's negotiating team

 Saudi Arabia hosts a meeting of foreign ministers from Iraq, Jordan, Egypt and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries to discuss Syria's return to the Arab League in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, April 14, 2023.

Did Jordan carry out airstrikes on drug traffickers in Syria? - analysis

Jordan supported Syria's return to the Arab League but at the same time also wants the war-torn country to crack down on the drug trade.

 Fighters from the Free Syrian Army are seen in Yadouda area in Daraa, Syria May 29, 2018.

Syria headed back to Arab League, can Iran use this to threaten Israel? - analysis

The return of Syria to the Arab League is a symbolic turning point, bookending the Arab Spring and part of a new diplomatic era in the region, with the potential to hand over a win to Iran and Russia

 Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit talks with Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry during the opening session of the meeting of Arab foreign ministers at the Arab League Headquarters, to discuss the Syrian situation and Sudan crisis, in Cairo, Egypt May 7, 2023.

Arab League readmits Syria as relations with Assad normalize

Syria was suspended from the Arab League in 2011 after cracking down on protests against the regime.

 Saudi Arabia hosts a meeting of foreign ministers from Iraq, Jordan, Egypt and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries to discuss Syria's return to the Arab League in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, April 14, 2023.

Syria to be readmitted soon to Arab League, Jordan minister says

Safadi said Syria's readiness to make real progress in resolving the conflict would help it win the crucial Arab support to lobby for an eventual end of Western sanctions

 JORDANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER Ayman Safadi speaks at a news conference in Amman last month, with Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit at his side. This week, Safadi brazenly declared that Israel has no sovereignty over the Jerusalem holy sites.

Arab countries move toward welcoming Syria back into Arab League

As part of a reciprocal road map toward normalized relations with Syria, Arab countries are calling on Syria to address its illegal drug production and the militias in the country.

 Saudi Arabia hosts a meeting of foreign ministers from Iraq, Jordan, Egypt and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries to discuss Syria's return to the Arab League in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, April 14, 2023.

Middle East FMs discuss Syria return to Arab League in Saudi Arabia

The meeting, held in the city of Jeddah, was called by Saudi Arabia, amid a recent thaw in regional tensions, but ended without agreement

 LEADERS PARTICIPATING in the Arab League Summit in Algiers, last week, pose for a group portrait.