CAIRO (AP) Algeria is hosting the 31st summit of the largest annual Arab conference...
Algeria is hosting the 31st summit of the largest annual Arab conference as the region battles to find common ground over a series of divisive issues
Algeria is hosting the 31st summit of the largest annual Arab conference as the region battles to find common ground over a series of divisive issues.
Arab leaders meet in the Algerian capital on Tuesday for their first summit since a string of normalisation deals with Israel that have divided the region.
CAIRO (AP) Algeria is hosting the 31st summit of the largest annual Arab conference...
Algeria aims to demonstrate diplomatic clout this week as it hosts the first Arab League summit since before the COVID-19 pandemic, but political divisions mean any show of unity among the club's members is likely to be paper thin.
Under apparent pressure from other Arab powers, Algeria has agreed to invite its neighbor and rival Morocco to an Arab League summit it's hosting in Algiers in November
Arab leaders on Tuesday met in Algeria at the 31st summit of the largest annual Arab conference to seek common ground on divisive issues in the region. The meeting comes against the backdrop of rising inflation, food and energy shortages, drought and soaring cost of living across the Middle East and Africa.
Under apparent pressure from other Arab powers, Algeria has agreed to invite its neighbor and rival Morocco to an Arab League summit it's hosting in Algiers in November
Under apparent pressure from other Arab powers, Algeria on Tuesday invited its neighbor and rival Morocco to an Arab League summit it's hosting in Algiers in November. Algeria severed diplomatic ties with Morocco last year, citing hostile actions from its neighbor. The dispute between two important regional players in the Arab world had disrupted planning for the Nov. 1-2 summit.
The agreement between Israel and Morocco sparked a series of chain events in neighboring North African countries that will likely have lasting consequences in the region.
Algeria has formally broken off diplomatic relations with neighboring Morocco, with the foreign minister citing a series of alleged hostile acts.
Algeria has formally broken off diplomatic relations with neighboring Morocco, with the foreign minister citing a series of alleged hostile acts
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Algeria's foreign minister on Monday decried Syria's decadelong suspension from the Arab League during a visit to Damascus, indicating support for the war-torn country's return to the organization under President Bashar Assad.
The first Arab summit since the pandemic began is being delayed again because of rising coronavirus cases.
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) Algerias foreign minister on Monday decried Syrias decadelong suspension from the Arab League during a visit to Damascus, ind...
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) Algerias foreign minister on Monday decried Syrias...
Algerias foreign minister says Syrias decadelong suspension from the Arab League is undermining cooperation in the group
Arab heads of state, long divided by regional rivalries, are expected to unite at a summit on Sunday to oppose a U.S. decision to recognize Israel’s annexation of Arab lands captured in 1967. Arab leaders are already grappling with unrest in Algeria and Sudan, international pressure over the war in Yemen, regional splits over Iran’s […]
Saudi Arabia offered no immediate acknowledgment of Algerias comments about Prince Mohammeds condition.
Arab League Secretary-General Amr Musa has dropped Algeria from a North African tour designed to muster support for an Arab summit to replace the one which Tunisia called off last week.
Arab leaders meeting in Tunisia on Sunday hope to project unified opposition to the Trump administration's acceptance of Israeli control over the Golan Heights and Jerusalem, but as with past Arab League summits, the gathering is likely to expose their own bitter rivalries.
Algeria’s foreign minister on Monday decried Syria’s decadelong suspension from the Arab League during a visit to Damascus, indicating support for the war-torn country's return to the organization under President Bashar Assad. Syria was expelled from the 22-member group and boycotted by its neighbors after the conflict broke out in March 2011, following a heavy-handed crackdown by Assad's government on mass protests demanding reforms. The country quickly descended into
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) Arab leaders convened on Wednesday in Algeria for the second...
Arab League Secretary-General Amr Musa has dropped Algeria from a North African tour designed to muster support for an Arab summit to replace the one which Tunisia called off last week.
Leaders are meeting in Algeria for the second day of the 31st summit of the Arab League
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Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby headed to New York on Sunday hoping to win support from the U.N. Security Council for a plan to end violence in Syria that calls on President Bashar al-Assad to step aside.
Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby headed to New York on Sunday hoping to win support from the U.N. Security Council for a plan to end violence in Syria that calls on President Bashar al-Assad to step aside.
The Arab League chief and Arab civil society groups agreed a plan on Monday to create a 500-strong fact-finding team to send to Syria as part of efforts to end a violent crackdown by the authorities against anti-government protests, participants said.
The Arab League chief and Arab civil society groups agreed a plan on Monday to create a 500-strong fact-finding team to send to Syria as part of efforts to end a violent crackdown by the authorities against anti-government protests, participants said.
Arab ministers, spurred to action by worsening violence in Syria, were meeting in Cairo Sunday to plan how to enforce sanctions on President Bashar al-Assad's government after it failed to implement a regional peace plan.
Arab League foreign ministers proposed on Sunday that Syria's embattled President Bashar al-Assad hand over power to a deputy and set up a new unity government, after their earlier peace plan failed to end 10 months of bloodshed.
Arab states are appealing to world powers to help end the crisis in Syria after months of failed efforts to persuade President Bashar al-Assad to halt a 10-month crackdown on his opponents.
After weeks of observing bloodshed in Syria armed with nothing but pens, Arab League monitors will report on Friday that Damascus has failed to fully implement a peace plan. Now what?
The head of the Arab League said Thursday he is confident that Israel and the Palestinians soon will resolve a crisis over the release of long-held Palestinian prisoners and extend their U.S.-brokered peace negotiations beyond an April deadline.
After a last minute change of candidates, Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Elaraby was elected the new secretary-general of the Arab League.
Gulf state observers go home while the Arab League works with UN on new peace plan.
The Arab League is a political organization aiming to help integrate its members economically, and solve in-between conflicts without asking for foreign aid. It possesses elements of a state representative parliament, while issues of foreign affairs are usually dealt under the United Nations supervision.
During its 60 years as an organisation founded on the principle of Arab common cause, the League of Arab States has slowly lost the lustre of a once golden era, analysts say.
The Arab League has urged the Syrian government to end its violence against protesters and allow League monitors in the country to work more freely, but stopped short of asking the U.N. to help.
The Arab League, in line with Washington’s drive to install a pro-US regime in Syria and isolate Iran, has used its observer mission to Syria to call on President Bashar al-Assad to step down.
Arab ministers are expected to meet in early February to decide whether to withdraw a faltering monitoring mission in Syria, an Arab League official said on Saturday after an upsurge in violence prompted the pan-Arab body to suspend monitoring work.
Pan-Arab bloc says an escalation in violence and "critical deterioration" in the country led to the decision.
The Arab League urged the Syrian government Sunday to stop its violence against protesters and allow Arab monitors in the country to work more independently, but stopped short of asking for United Nations experts to bolster its peace mission.
The Gulf Cooperation Council plans to pull its monitors from Syria, an official said Tuesday, after President Bashar Assad's regime rejected an Arab-brokered plan to end the country's bloodshed.
Sanctions to remain for the time being.
Initial report by Arab League observers claims monitors were harassed by the Syrian government and its opponents.
The Arab League chose a new chief Sunday, after Egypt switched candidates at the last minute to avert a divisive vote for a post that is usually determined by consensus.
Foreign ministry says comments by Qatar's emir risk "killing" chance of Syria working with the Arab League.
On 22 March 1945 representatives from Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Transjordan (now Jordan), Saudi Arabia and Yemen signed the Arab League accord in Cairo.
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Arab leaders are to meet in the Algerian capital on Tuesday for their first summit since a string of normalisation deals with Israel that have divided the region.
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Foreign ministers at a meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) agreed on Monday to suspend Syria from the international body, an OIC source said, further isolating President Bashar al-Assad.
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Tensions are only increasing in the region.
The vote on whether to attack Syria is shaping up to be a crucial decision for possible 2016 presidential hopefuls.
Syrian President Bashar Assad is ready to resume peace talks with Israel “without conditions,” a top U.N. envoy said Wednesday, suggesting that he had dropped his demand that talks resume from the point where they broke off in 2000.
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About 40,000 people are reportedly trapped there without regular access to either food or medicine.
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At least ten people were killed in a car blast on Thursday in the Syrian coastal Mediterranean province of Latakia where two Russian bases are located, state television said.
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Embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad will face two other candidates in the coming June presidential election, the country's Supreme Constitutional Court announced Sunday, a vote he's widely expected to win amid the country's raging civil war. Opposition activists and Western countries have condemned the elections as a sham as voting is expected to be held only in government-controlled territory. The armed rebellion is dominated by Syria's Sunni Muslim majority, while Syria's mix of Christia
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President Emmanuel Macron called Friday for a "new pact" with Algeria and "truth and recognition" of the past, on day two of a visit to France's former colony aimed at mending troubled ties.
Out of date safety fears and a lack of promotion gives Algeria the rank of 118th out of 136 countries in terms of tourism. But to overlook Africa’s largest country is to miss out.
Britain is to send at least 350 military personnel to Mali and West Africa in a direct challenge to French efforts to dominate the region.
Algeria's government has temporarily reversed a ban on imports of some raw materials for its food industry after shortages hit local firms, the trade ministry said on Tuesday.
Algeria's protest movement, which shook the country by ousting its veteran president in 2019, faces a critical test for its survival on Friday, with police poised to confront any who take to the streets.
A car bomb exploded near a police station in a town east of the Algerian capital Wednesday, killing at least four officers and ripping off the building's facade, witnesses said.
Three years have elapsed since a Tunisian fruit vendor, Mohamed Bouazizi, triggered the biggest social and political upheaval of modern times in the Arab world by setting himself on fire. This turmoil, which would afterwards be called the “Arab Spring,” brought many promises to the people of the region. However, [...]
Algeria's prime minister defended on Sunday his country's decision to shelter members of Muammar Gaddafi's family, describing it as a humanitarian case.
Official conceded that Algeria will need international help to better fight terrorism.
A car bomb exploded outside a police station in northern Algeria, killing at least three people and wounding several others.
The suspension comes only days after hundreds of Moroccans were detained trying to travel to Libya after arriving in Algiers.
Algeria plans to issue several tenders for renewable energy projects this year as it seeks to meet growing demand for electricity and save gas for export, an official said on Monday.
Thousands of Algerian students protested on Tuesday, pressing their demands for wholesale change despite calls for a pause in their rallies after the sudden death of the country's powerful army chief.
Algeria’s public television network ENTV will launch several new channels, including one for the ethnic Berber minority, but will not open the sector to private firms.
Prime Minister Mario Draghi says Algeria has become in recent months the biggest supplier of gas to Italy.
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Three people were believed killed and 187 injured when a new earthquake hit Algeria today, flattening some buildings and terrifying Algerians less than a week after a quake killed 2,200, officials said. State radio said several buildings had collapsed in the towns of Zemmouri and Boumerdes along a Mediterranean coastal strip to the east of the capital Algiers, which suffered widespread death and destruction in last Wednesday's quake. "Unconfirmed reports from witnesses indicated that thre
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Project to plant 1.5 million trees to symbolise regime's longevity instead leads public to question government's sense of priorities
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Over the course of the last decade, witness statements and various investigations by journalists from both sides of the Mediterranean have sparked different theories on the killings.
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