Arab League

Formally the League of Arab States, this umbrella organization has 22 members in North Africa, the horn of Africa and Southwest Asia: Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros Island, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria (suspended in 2011 because of ongoing uprising and civil war), Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

 

The Arab League

Source: ProCon.org based upon the Arab American Encyclopedia
22 Countries of the Arab League (year of the country’s admittance)
  1. Egypt (1945)
  2. Iraq (1945)
  3. Jordan (1945)
  4. Lebanon (1945)
  5. Saudi Arabia (1945)
  6. Syria (1945)
  7. Yemen (1945)
  8. Libya (1953)
  1. Sudan (1956)
  2. Morocco (1958)
  3. Tunisia (1958)
  4. Kuwait (1961)
  5. Algeria (1962)
  6. Bahrain (1971)
  7. U.A.E. (1971)
  1. Oman (1971)
  2. Qatar (1971)
  3. Mauritania (1973)
  4. Somalia (1974)
  5. Palestine (1976)
  6. Djibouti (1977)
  7. Comoros (1993)

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