Arab League

Veteran Egyptian diplomat Ahmed Abul Gheit was named March 10 as the Arab League's new secretary general, at a time when the regional body faces multiple wars and a widening jihadist threat.

The Arab League's representative in Ankara has confirmed that the body has been mulling whether to close its office in the Turkish capital, along with seven other representative offices around the world.

Gulf monarchies on March 2 declared Lebanon's Hezbollah a "terrorist" group, in the latest regional move against the Shiite organisation fighting in support of Syria's regime.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has suggested Turkey could not count on support from Arab countries in the event of a military intervention into Syria, during an interview with Qatar-based news broadcaster Al Jazeera.

Libya faces severe shortages of life-saving medicine and about one million people will soon be in dire need of help, a U.N. humanitarian official warned, as warring factions hamper efforts to end chaos and form a unity government. 

Arab League chief calls on the attendees of an emergency meeting to 'adopt a strong and clear common position calling on Iran to stop all forms of interference in the affairs of Arab nations'Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi accused Tehran of "provocative acts" as top Arab diplomats met on Jan. 10 for talks on Saudi Arabia's diplomatic row with Iran.

The Arab League has failed to understand Turkey's self-sacrificing and resolved efforts against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the region, Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Tanju Bilgiç said on Dec. 26.

The Arab League has failed to understand Turkey's self-sacrificing and resolved efforts against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the region, Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Tanju Bilgiç has said.

The foreign ministers of the Arab League condemned on Dec. 24 a Turkish military deployment in Iraq as an "assault" on the country's sovereignty, demanding Ankara withdraw the forces.

The Turkish deployment "is an assault on Iraqi sovereignty and a threat to Arab national security," they said in an Arab League statement after meeting at the pan-Arab bloc's Cairo headquarters. 

Foreign Minister Feridun Sinirlio?lu has kicked off a day-long series of meetings in Vienna on Nov. 13 in effort to maintain momentum for renewed diplomacy towards a political settlement of the conflict in Syria.