Arab League
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 Arab League  (IGO)   | |
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| Formation | 22 March 1945 |
| Headquarters | Cairo, Egypt |
| Membership | • Algeria • Bahrain • Comoros • Djibouti • Egypt • Iraq • Jordan • Kuwait • Lebanon • Libya • Mauritania • Morocco • Oman • Palestine • Qatar • Saudi Arabia • Somalia • Sudan • Syria • Tunisia • United Arab Emirates • Yemen |
| Pan-Arab organisation. | |
The Arab League is a middle-eastern regional organization of Arab states.
History
In March 2016 the Arab League designated Hezbollah a terrorist organisation.
Syria's membership status was downgraded after pressure from USA.
Known members
All 22 of the members already have pages here:
| Member | Description |
|---|---|
| Algeria | A nation on the Mediterranean Sea. The largest country in Africa, formerly colonised by France. |
| Bahrain | Oil rich Arab nation, formerly part of the British Empire. |
| Comoros | Obscure island nation off the east coast of Africa. A nation formed at a crossroads of different civilisations, The Comoros is noted for its diverse culture. |
| Djibouti | small country in East Africa. |
| Egypt | Strategically important due particularly to the Suez canal. |
| Iraq | Iraq possesses the 5th largest oil reserves of any nation state. |
| Jordan | Middle Eastern kingdom. |
| Kuwait | Kuwait has the 6th largest oil reserves of any nation state. |
| Lebanon | Religiously diverse Middle Eastern country. |
| Libya | Libya has larger proven oil reserves than any other African nation, ranking 9th in the world. It was provided with a lot of bomb making equipment in the late 1970s in the Arms for Libya clandestine weapons deal. NATO airstrikes killed 60,000 Libyan civilians in 2011. |
| Mauritania | African country that banned slavery in 2007. |
| Morocco | |
| Oman | The oldest independent state in the Arab world. |
| Palestine | Another victim of the British empire, Palestine is recognised by most UN member states. |
| Qatar | Oil rich, gas richer! Huge arms importer in the Persian Gulf. |
| Saudi Arabia | Longtime political ally of the USA, Saudi Arabia possesses larger easily accessible oil reserves than any other nation state. |
| Somalia | |
| Sudan | On the list of seven countries which Wesley Clark stated the US military had plans to invade. An apparent coup in 2021. |
| Syria | A nation state in the Middle East being targeted by NATO countries and their terrorist proxies with a "humanitarian intervention"/"War on Terror" campaign to effect 'regime change'. |
| Tunisia | |
| United Arab Emirates | The United Arab Emirates has the 7th largest oil reserves of any nation state. |
| Yemen | A war torn country in the Middle East |
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