Latest in Tag: Arab League Highlight
Latest in Tag: Arab League

Syria backs plan for talks to end conflict
On Sunday, regime forces unleashed a fierce offensive in the central city of Homs after overrunning Deir Baalbeh

Brahimi says has Syria plan all world powers may back
Brahimi held talks in Moscow on Saturday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on his end-of-year bid to accelerate moves to halt the conflict that monitors say has killed 45,000 people

Russia sees chance of Syria solution but Assad defiant
Brahimi and Lavrov revealed no details of any peace initiative that may be under discussion

Arab League chief arrives in West Bank
Israel said it would not transfer tax and tariff funds it collects for the Palestinians this month in response to their successful bid for upgraded UN status

UN special envoy visits Cairo for Syria meetings
Arab League and foreign ministry host special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi after Morsy discussed plans for Syrian coalition headquarters in Egypt
University students march in support of Gaza
Students from various Egyptian universities march towards the Arab League

Urgent meeting at the Arab League on Gaza
Calls to freeze relations with Israel

Egyptian FM meets with his Tunisian, Jordanian and British counterparts
Amr: Egypt won’t allow its relations with Israel to restrict its support of Palestinians

EU-Arab League ministers announce Cairo Declaration
Ministers welcome the formation of Syrian opposition coalition

Lavrov meets Morsy, Brahimi and El-Araby in Cairo
Russian foreign minister accuses other countries of taking sides in Syrian crisis.

Lebanon opposition urges complaint against Damascus
Lebanon’s March 14 coalition, which is bitterly opposed to Assad, has accused Damascus of planning a series of bombings in Lebanon

Syria truce hopes dim as violence rages
President Bashar Al-Assad in a pre-Eid gesture issued an amnesty on Tuesday for all crimes committed in Syria “up until today.”

Istanbul World Forum hosts international conference on justice
Secretary general of the Arab League says UN security council has denied Syrians justice.

UN envoy, German minister in Turkey for Syria talks
Peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi and German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle were in Turkey on Saturday for talks on the Syrian conflict.

Syrian rebels claim to control “most” of Syria
International community’s attempts to resolve conflict

Syrian forces clash on Turkish border
Shots fired between Syrian army and opposition wound civilian in Turkey

Reward offered for capturing Al-Assad
Meanwhile Syrian army reported to have tested chemical weapons

Egypt, Iran, and Turkey in high level talks over Syria
Saudi Arabia did not send its foreign minister

Syria’s refugee crisis and ongoing violence set the stage for Brahimi
Refugee crisis in Turkey worsens as Brahimi continues talks in Syria

Brahimi meets Al-Assad
Peace envoy’s meeting with Syrian president leaves behind warnings of a “crisis

Turkey to relocate Syrian refugees
Turkish-based NGO believes number of Syrian refugees in Turkey could reach 300,000 before conflict resolved

International inaction provokes Syrian women to hunger strike
Female activists tell Daily News Egypt why they are hunger striking

Brahimi set to visit Syria after Egypt, Morsy speaks to everyone
As Brahimi prepares to travel to Damascus over the coming days, Morsy has been busy meeting with the Quartet envoys, Brahimi and Britain’s Foreign Secretary

Aleppo pounded as Jolie visits Syria refugees
Bloodshed continues in Syria, as Lakhdar Brahimi hold Syrian-crisis talks in Cairo

Syrian women on hunger strike in Cairo
Six women on seventh day of hunger strike in front of the Arab League headquarters

Fighting continues as Brahimi travels to Cairo
Brahimi visiting Cairo as a peace envoy, having scheduled talks with Arab leaders

Morsy addresses the Arab League
Egyptian president says it’s “time for change” in Syria

Iran hosts alternative Syria conference
Iran to host a meeting to discuss the Syrian situation

Arab League offers Al-Assad exit option
Fighting rages on in major cities as military claims to regain control.
Arab League calls emergency meeting on 2 Sudans
By Michael Onyiego / AP JUBA: The Arab League said Thursday it would hold an emergency meeting over the increasing violence between Sudan and South Sudan. The south reported new skirmishes even as Sudan’s president increased his threats of war toward the south. Sudan President Omar al-Bashir said the recent violence has “revived the spirit …