MOSCOW -- Russia rejected a tentative plan on Friday by the United Nations Security Council aimed at stemming the ongoing bloodshed in Syria, defying broad international consensus despite what appeared to be concerted attempts to account for Moscow's concerns. The resolution, which backs an Arab League plan for political change in Syria, made two...
The diplomatic struggle over the Arab League's peace proposal for Syria has nearly obscured an important detail of the plan: President Bashar al-Assad would be replaced in a transition by a loyal disciple. Under the proposal, Mr. Assad's vice president and former foreign minister, Farouk al-Shara, who was a confidant of Mr. Assad's father and has...
UNITED NATIONS -- Security Council ambassadors reached a wobbly consensus on Thursday backing an Arab League plan for political change in Syria, after they dropped a specific reference to President Bashar al-Assad's ceding of power. The resolution's passage is far from assured, and it still must be approved by the governments of the 15 member...
Den Arabiske Liga (arabisk: جامعة الدول العربية), er en organisation for arabiske stater. Ligaen arbejder bl.a. for samarbejde inden for det økonomiske område, handel, kommunikation, kultur, sundhedsvæsen, samt hævdelse af medlemslandenes uafhængighed og suverænitet. Den arbejder herudover for anerkendelse af Palæstina som selvstændig stat.
Den Arabiske Liga blev grundlagt den 22. marts 1945 af syv lande. Ligaens målsætning er at:
Ligaens generalsekretær er ægypteren Amre Moussa.
De nuværende medlemmer af den Arabiske Liga er (med indtrædelsesdato): Fold ud