Arab foreign ministers say Israel is "wholly responsible for the dangerous stalemate" in US-brokered peace talks scheduled to end on April 29.
The Arab League has rejected US proposals that would allow Israeli soldiers to be stationed on the eastern border of a future Palestinian state.
Arab leaders will offer plans to break the political ‘stalemate’ engulfing Syria but they will not demand the resignation of President Bashar Assad.
Car and roadside bombs have killed at least 43 people in cities across Iraq, extending a spate of violence ahead of next week’s Arab League summit.
The Responsibility to Protect doctrine is in danger of being deemed useless as thousands of Syrian civilians continue to die at the state’s hands.
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/ 14 February 2012
A Chinese envoy has met the head of the Arab league as the country tries to repair relations damaged by its veto of a UN resolution on Syria.
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/ 13 February 2012
British Foreign Secretary William Hague has called ongoing violence in Syria "appalling", while stressing the importance of the Arab League’s role.
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/ 13 February 2012
Al-Qaeda has voiced its support for Syria’s revolt, posing new problems for the West and Arab nations, who have called for its president to step down.
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/ 11 February 2012
The Arab League is likely to launch a "Friends of Syria" coalition and appoint a special envoy to the strife-torn country.
Syrian troops have sealed off the population of a rebel stronghold in the city of Homs and bombarded it using tanks, helicopters and artillery.
Russia has stepped into efforts to resolve the deepening Syrian crisis, calling for an "Arab solution" to the anger against Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
As the monitors head out of Syria, the Arab League has called on the United Nations to support a plan to end President Bashar al-Assad’s rule.
Syria has rejected the Arab League’s plan to end the country’s conflict, saying the call for a unity government is a violation of Syria’s sovereignty.
Syria has rejected a call by Arab League foreign ministers for President Bashar al-Assad to hand over power and set up a new unity government.
Syria says it might allow Arab monitors to stay for another month on its peacekeeping mission, but those against Bashar al-Assad want UN intervention.
Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi admits that reports of violence in Syria are "worrisome" as disaffection among observers escalates.
The head of the Arab League mission to Syria says the criticism from one of its monitors — who said the mission was a farce — is untrue
An Arab League observer has left Syria, saying it has turned the monitoring mission sent to check its compliance with a peace plan into a "farce".
Arab foreign ministers are reviewing the record of a criticised observer mission to Syria, amid calls for the bloc to cede to the United Nations.
Frustrated with the Arab League’s lack of progress, the head of the Free Syrian Army has threatened to step up attacks on Bashar al-Assad’s forces.
France is worried about Arab League peace monitors working in Syria, saying it is crucial Syrian authorities be prevented from hoodwinking them.
Internet activists are urging regime opponents, emboldened by the presence of observers, to take to Syria’s streets despite unrelenting bloodshed.
Doubts have been raised after a Sudanese general said the situation in Homs is ‘reassuring’ despite footage of monitors witnessing casualties.
Arab peace monitors will visit the Syrian city of Homs, which opponents of President Bashar al-Assad say has been pulverised by government troops.
The Arab League’s plan aimed at ending violence in Syria has been positively received, with the league expecting the agreement to be signed soon.
Turkey has joined members of the Arab League and the West in imposing sanctions on Syria’s government because of its violent crackdown on civilians.
Forces loyal to Syria’s President al-Assad have committed crimes against humanity during the revolt, including killing over 256 children, the UN says.
Turkey says a new Arab League ultimatum for Syria is the "last chance" for the regime in Damascus but ruled out military intervention.
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/ 19 November 2011
Syria has agreed in principle to allow a contingent of Arab observers into the state to oversee the implementation of the Arab League peace plan.
Syrian troops shelled two northern villages overnight after an attack by army defectors on forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.
The Gulf Cooperation Council has rejected Syria’s call for an emergency Arab summit, making it unlikely the Arab League will agree to hold a meeting.
Syria has called for an emergency summit of Arab League heads of state in an apparent attempt to thwart its decision to suspend Damascus.