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The Beginning of the End for Syria?
A child takes part in an anti-government demonstration in Idlib, Northern Syria, in January 2012 The Arab league convened on Sunday in Cairo in order to deliberate over the future of the organization’s...
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A Democratic Exception
A protestor outside the newly opened Egyptian parliament waves a flag whilst wearing a mask depicting fallen protester Khaled Said Kenneth Roth, the chief executive of Human Rights Watch (HRW),...
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A League Apart
The Arab League in session Multilateral bodies such as the Arab League have faced tough questions about their effectiveness in recent years. Chatham House Director Dr. Robin Niblett emphasized that...
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Al-Arabi and the Arab League
Secretary General of the Arab League Nabil Al-Arabi (Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images) Nabil Al-Arabi was poised to crown a long career as an international lawyer and civil servant in Egypt’s foreign...
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Diplomatic Alternatives
A protest urging the ouster of Bashar Al-Assad, outside the Syrian Embassy in central London. On Sunday , the Arab League called on the United Nations to pass a resolution on sending a joint UN-Arab...
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We are Not One
In 1990-1991, Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, and the Arab League faced one of its toughest situations. The leaders of the Arab League, many of whom are the same people who gather there today, met in...
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Empty Chairs and Empty Words in Baghdad?
The meeting of the Arab League in Baghdad this week is unlikely to lead to any breakthrough in the Syrian crisis that is dominating the headlines and the diplomatic agenda. While the organization is...
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The Compromise Candidate
Amr Moussa The competition to be president of Egypt now looks like a three-horse race between Amr Moussa, the ex-Muslim Brotherhood moderate Abdelmonim Abolfotouh, and the Brotherhood’s new candidate...
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Dead on Arrival?
FSA rebels stand guard at an outpost on the outskirt of Mareh, near Aleppo in northern Syria The new peace initiative from the UN and Arab League envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan, has already run into...
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Geneva talks delayed as fighting continues in Syria
UN-Arab League envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi speaks during a press conference on June 5, 2013. FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images LONDON, Asharq Al-Awsat—Peace talks on the Syrian crisis are to be...
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Arab summit rejects “Jewish identity” of Israel
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends the 25th Arab League summit at Bayan palace in Kuwait City on March 26, 2014. (Yasser AL-Zayyat/ AFP/Getty Images) London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Arab...
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