The Arab Parliament has called on the Arab League to end its suspension of Syria’s membership at the 22-member pan-Arab body, Egypt’s state news agency MENA reported on Friday. The Cairo-based body suspended Syria’s membership in November 2011 after a series of protests degenerated into a foreign-backed militancy which has ...
Qatar called Saturday for a new regional alliance following the failure of the four-decade-old Gulf Cooperation Council to resolve an 18-month rift between the emirate and its neighbors. Foreign Minister Mohammad bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani said that the boycott imposed on the emirate by Saudi Arabia and its allies had irreparably ...