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EU, Arab League fail to release joint statement on Mideast conflicts
Feb 05, 2019 09:25The European Union and the Arab League have held a ministerial meeting, but failed to release a joint statement amid a lack of consensus on ongoing conflicts and issues in the Middle East region.
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Syria won’t surrender to blackmail over Arab League return: Deputy FM
Feb 04, 2019 14:32Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad says his country will eventually return to the Arab League, stressing that the Damascus government will never surrender to blackmail or accept conditions for the restoration of its membership to the regional organization.
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Arab League calls for Syrian integrity, peaceful solution to crisis
Jan 28, 2019 05:31Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit has stressed the need for maintaining Syria’s territorial integrity against foreign-sponsored Takfiri terrorist groups, and a peaceful settlement to the conflict there.
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Tunisian FM demands restoration of Syria’s Arab League membership
Jan 27, 2019 01:37Tunisian Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui has called on the Arab League to restore Syria’s membership, saying the “natural place” of the country is within the 22-member regional organization.
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Baghdad government support Syria’s return to Arab League: Iraqi foreign minister
Jan 14, 2019 12:13Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammad al-Hakim says the Baghdad government supports the restoration of Syria's membership in the Arab League, amid promising signs that the incumbent Damascus government led by President Bashar al-Assad is being admitted back into the Arab world after nearly eight years of foreign-sponsored militancy.
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Syria's return to Arab League depends on political progress: Egypt's FM
Jan 09, 2019 05:18Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry says the incumbent Damascus government needs to implement a number of measures toward the political settlement of the ongoing Syrian crisis in order for the conflict-plagued country to reinstate its membership in the Arab League.
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Syria may join Arab League again soon: Tunisian presidential advisor
Jan 07, 2019 03:21Tunisian Presidential Advisor, Lazhar al-Qorawi al-Chabi, says the Arab League is currently studying the possibility of restoring Syria's membership in the 22-member regional organization amid promising signs that the incumbent Damascus government led by President Bashar al-Assad is being admitted back into the Arab world.
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Arab League condemns Australia, Brazil for recognizing al-Quds as Israel’s ‘capital’
Dec 19, 2018 04:00The Arab League has in a resolution condemned Australia and Brazil for recognizing al-Quds as the “capital” of the Israeli regime, urging the two states to “abide by international law” concerning the status of the city.
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Arab League censures Turkish airstrikes in northern Iraq
Dec 19, 2018 03:48The Arab League has strongly condemned Turkey's repeated airstrikes against the purported positions of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group in Iraq's northern semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, stressing that “such actions are in violation of the Iraqi state’s sovereignty.”
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Iran urges Arab League’s chief to stop divisive stances
Nov 26, 2018 02:56Iran urges Arab League's Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit to stop making "divisive" remarks, reiterating the Islamic Republic's principled stance on maintaining "balanced" relations with most of regional and neighboring countries.