Arab League

Arab League adopts resolution rejecting Hezbollah military activities in Lebanon - report

The Arab League Council adopted a resolution on Monday affirming solidarity with Lebanon and rejecting Iranian foreign influence and Hezbollah’s continued military activities.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Arab foreign ministers attend a meeting of the Arab Ministerial Committee on the situation in Jerusalem, in Amman Wednesday, 5th August 2026, 16:46
Syria's interim foreign minister Asaad Shaibani attends a meeting of the Council of Arab Foreign Ministers at the Arab League headquarters in central Cairo on September 7, 2026.

Syria still committed to diplomatic option with Israel, FM Shaibani tells Arab League - report

Shaibani made his comments during a meeting of Arab foreign ministers at the 166th ministerial session of the Arab League in Cairo, SANA reported.

|ByTZVI JASPER
Colombia's President Abelardo De La Espriella speaks before visiting sites damaged by Monday's earthquake, in Manizales, Colombia, August 11, 2026.

Colombia sees criticism from Arab states after recognizing Israeli sovereignty over Golan Heights

Spanish media have already described the move as a "diplomatic crisis with Arab countries," while Colombian media have reported extensively on the wave of condemnations.

|ByELI LEON
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee speaks during the FOZ Ambassadors Summit in Jerusalem, December 7, 2025.

Huckabee tells Carlson Israel ruling entire Middle East 'would be fine,' drawing Arab backlash

The controversy began when Carlson and Huckabee discussed a biblical verse that indicated land that including parts of Egypt, Syria and Iraq belonged to Israel.

|ByTHE MEDIA LINE STAFF

Sultan of Oman to visit Egypt on Sunday

The heads of state "will discuss all aspects of cooperation between Egypt and Oman in order to boost their relations."

MAY 18, 2023BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Abdel Fattah El Sisi, President of Egypt and Sayyid Haitham Bin Tariq Al Said, Sultan of Oman take part in a consultative meeting in the UAE.

Syria's Assad to steal spotlight at Arab summit after years in the cold

While Arab countries appear to have brought Assad in from the cold, they are still demanding that he curbs Syria's drug trade.

MAY 17, 2023ByREUTERS
IRAN’S PRESIDENT Ebrahim Raisi meets with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Tehran, earlier this month.

Senior Saudi diplomat: Sudan's warring parties to resume talks on Sunday

In the resumed talks in Jeddah, the sides will start by discussing mechanisms to implement plans for aid delivery, safe corridors and the removal of forces from civilian areas.

MAY 13, 2023ByREUTERS
Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit reacts next to 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.

Syrian drug flow into Middle East may be outside Assad’s control

Arab League partners expect Syrian President Bashar Assad to deal with massive trafficking of the amphetamine Captagon, but the drug’s production and distribution network is embedded in Syria

MAY 12, 2023ByDEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE
UAE PRESIDENT Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan bids farewell to Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad, at the Presidential Airport in Abu Dhabi, last month

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.

MAY 11, 2023BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
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.

MAY 9, 2023BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
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.  

MAY 8, 2023BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
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

MAY 8, 2023ByREUTERS
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.

MAY 8, 2023BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
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

MAY 7, 2023BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
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.