... regimes were enforced and tightened very slowly. However, the speed at which the entire package of sanctions against Syria was agreed upon is astonishing by EU standards. In addition, the EU is legitimizing its actions by referring to the policy of the Arab League that shut the door on the possibility of a Syrian official to attend the organization’s meetings, and to the fact that the sanctions are imposed in unison with the United States. Thus, the EU
showed
“Atlantic unity” and supported the ...
... significant.
Syria is traditionally called the “heart” of the Arab world. This, nevertheless, did not prevent other Arab countries from responding to the unfolding violence in Syria by freezing its membership in an important regional structure, the Arab League, in 2011. Speaking about the return of Syria to the Arab League, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said: “Arab diplomacy is very, very famous for its effectiveness, so it seems to me that here we can expect that the issue will be resolved,...
... Club in Sochi.
Moscow could suggest that Riyadh take a more active role. With the ascendancy of two regional players, Iran and Turkey, Russia deems it important to the balance of power in Syria.
Tatyana Shmeleva:
The Odds of Syria’s Return to the Arab League: Opportunities and Threats
Moreover, Moscow will work toward convincing Riyadh to facilitate Damascus’ return to the Arab League. Foreign Minister Lavrov has been pushing forward with the idea of Syria’s return to the Arab League since ...
... within reach at last, conversations about Damascus’s return to the Arab family fold and
discussions
on how and under what circumstances that might come about have become particularly loud.
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It is common knowledge that Syria was
suspended
from the Arab League in 2011 following clashes between the government forces and armed opposition groups. The official Damascus government was then accused, among other things, of violating democratic freedoms and human rights and brutally suppressing opposition ...
... Arabian Peninsula. After humiliating defeat in the 2009 border skirmishes, the Saudis even mooted the creation of an exclusion zone costing several billion dollars.
The Saudi response to the Houthi rise was akin to panic, as they rushed to pressure the Arab League into deciding
to set up a coalition and launch an air campaign
despite the risk that this approach would merely repeat U.S. mistakes in Afghanistan and Iraq. Air raids will hardly thrash the Houthis, while a full-scale land operation is would ...
... movement of the socialist south to weaken the north, which the royal court regarded as a permanent threat.
Reuters
It’s a different matter that the air raids on Yemen are not producing the desired effect, which is illustrated by the
speeches
at the Arab League Summit in Sharm el-Sheikh. The willingness of a number of Arab countries to begin a ground operation in Yemen raises many questions as well. First, Arab solidarity with Saudi Arabia is too thin. One of the key countries of the Arabian Peninsula ...
... platform — formed on the basis of the relevant protocol — in my opinion has not lost its relevance at all, though Geneva II failed to achieve tangible results. Russian analysts, however, have often expressed regret at the decision of the Arab League to exclude Damascus and replace the regime’s delegation with that of the opposition. This is not because Moscow is acting as an advocate for the Syrian government, despite that the two closely cooperate. It is because, first of all, ...
Russia and Arab League
On March 25-26, Kuwait will host the next
summit of the League of Arab States
. Just as is the case with the Arab world as a whole, the LAS is approaching the event shattered and amorphous, with problems snowballing every year.
Over its ...
