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Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, April 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Germany will resume working with U.N. relief agency for Palestinians after a review

Associated Press

In this photo released by Egypt's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, delegates and foreign ministers of member states convene at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, May 7, 2023. The ministers are voting on restoring Syria's membership to the organization after it was suspended over a decade ago. The meeting comes after a rapid rapprochement between Syria and regional governments since February. (Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs via AP)

Back in the Arab League after 12 years, Syria urges group to invest in war-torn country

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo released by the official Syrian state news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, receives a delegation representing various Arab parliaments in Damascus, Feb. 26, 2023. Gamal Rushdy, a spokesman for the Arab League said Friday, May 5, 2023 that diplomats from Arab nations are planning an emergency meeting in Cairo over the weekend about the fighting in Sudan and the prospect of Syria's return to the Arab League more than a decade after its membership was suspended. (SANA via AP, File)

Arab League ministers move to end Syria’s isolation despite U.S. concerns

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Arab League urges Libya cease-fire amid fears of wider war

Associated Press

Arab summit in Tunisia to unite on Golan but rifts remain

By BOUAZZA BIN BOUAZZA and SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2011 file photo, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir attends the funeral of Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In a report issued Tuesday, March 27, 2019, New York-based Human Rights Watch described al-Bashir as a &quot;fugitive from international justice&quot; because he is wanted by the International Criminal Court for charges of genocide linked to the Darfur conflict. The rights group urged Tunisia to either &quot;bar or arrest&quot; Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir if he tries to attend an Arab League summit this weekend. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Group calls for al-Bashir’s arrest ahead of Arab summit

Associated Press

People walking in front of the Cinema City complex in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. Lebanon’s censorship authorities have effectively banned Steven Spielberg’s newspaper drama, “The Post,” because the American director is on a regional blacklist for supporting Israel. The directive by the country’s General Security agency still needs to be signed by Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk to enter into effect, but that is considered a formality. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Lebanon reverses move to ban Spielberg’s ‘The Post’

By ANDREA ROSA - Associated Press

This undated image made from a video released by Islamic State militants, Sunday, April 19, 2015, shows a group of captured Ethiopian Christians taken to a beach before they were killed by Islamic State militants, in Libya. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Arab League agrees to use military force against ISIS in Libya, unsure on airstrikes

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

This image made from a video released Feb. 15, 2015, by militants in Libya claiming loyalty to the Islamic State purportedly shows Egyptian Coptic Christians in orange jumpsuits being led along a beach before being executed. (Associated Press)

Islamic State takes hold in Libya; Arab League weighs airstrikes in emergency meeting

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Arab heads of state meet as King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain, seen on screen, speaks, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Embattled Yemeni President Abdel Rabbo Mansour Hadi called Shiite rebels who forced him to flee the country "stooges of Iran," directly blaming the Islamic republic for the chaos there and demanding that airstrikes against rebel positions continue until they surrender. Saudi King Salman has vowed that the military intervention in Yemen will not stop until the country is stable. (Associated Press)

Arab League to forge NATO-like military alliance of Sunni powers

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Saudi Foreign Minister Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud reviews a document during an Arab foreign ministers meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh, South Sinai, Egypt, Sunday, March 29, 2015. Arab League member states at a summit in this Red Sea resort have agreed in principle to form a joint inter-Arab military peacekeeping force. The agreement is a telling sign of a new determination among Saudi Arabia, Egypt and their allies to intervene aggressively in regional hotspots, whether against Islamic militants or spreading Iranian power. (AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell)

Arab leaders agree to form joint military force

By John Solomon - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2014 file photo, U.N. mediator Lakhdar Brahimi listens during a press briefing at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Brahimi will resign as the joint U.N.-Arab League envoy on Syria after a nearly two-year effort that failed to bring peace to the war-ravaged country, the U.N. chief announced Tuesday, May 13, 2014. He will step down May 31. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)

Syrian official welcomes UN mediator’s resignation

By ALBERT AJI - Associated Press

** FILE ** Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem Sunday, April 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Gali Tibbon, Pool)

Arab League sweetens peace deal, puts pressure on Israel’s P.M. Benjamin Netanyahu

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Syrian opposition coalition leader Mouaz al-Khatib speaks during a press conference with U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry (not pictured) following an international conference on Syria at Villa Madama in Rome on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)

Arab League gives Syrian seat to opposition

By Abdullah Rebhy - Associated Press

** FILE ** Syrian President Bashar Assad (Associated Press)

Lebanon urges reinstatement of Syria to Arab League

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad gestures during an interview with The Associated Press in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. Mr. Fayyad blames Arab countries that haven’t delivered promised financial aid for an escalating financial crisis in the Palestinian territories. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad blasts Arab donors

By Karin Laub and Mohammed Daraghmeh - Associated Press

An Israeli Iron Dome missile is launched near the city of Be'er Sheva, southern Israel, to intercept a rocket fired from Gaza Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012. Israel bombarded the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip with nearly 200 airstrikes early Saturday, the military said, widening a blistering assault on Gaza rocket operations to include the prime minister's headquarters, a police compound and a vast network of smuggling tunnels. (AP Photo/Ahikam Seri)

Israel bombards Gaza Strip, shoots down Hamas rocket fired at Tel Aviv

By Ibrahim Barzak and Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrives at Zagreb international airport, Croatia, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. Clinton is currently touring northern Africa and southeast Europe. (AP Photo/Damir Sencar, Pool)

Clinton ‘not surprised’ by Syrian cease-fire failure

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Lakhdar Brahimi, a former Algerian foreign affairs minister who was named Friday as the new U.N. envoy for Syria, gives an interview to the Associated Press in Paris on Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

U.N. special envoy seeks unified voice on Syria

By Greg Keller - Associated Press

This citizen journalism image provided by Shaam News Network and taken on Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012, purports to show Syrians standing in the rubble of a destroyed building from shelling by Syrian forces in the Khaldiyeh neighborhood of Syria's Homs province. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network)

Syrian opposition leader calls for no-fly zone

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press