The
Arab League
as an organization has no
military
force, like the
United Nations
or the
European Union
, but
in the 2007 summit
[
dubious
–
discuss
]
, the Leaders decided to reactivate their joint defense and establish a
peacekeeping force
to deploy in
South Lebanon
,
Iraq
,
South Sudan
,
Federal Republic of Ethiopia
and other hot spots.
[1]
History
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The military history of the Arab League is closely linked to the
Arab?Israeli conflict
. The 1950 Arab Joint Security Pact set out provisions for
collective security
among the Arab states, but only in 1961 was the
Joint Arab Command
(JAC) proposed as a unified military
command
for the Arab League first by the
Joint Defence Council
, an
institution of the Arab League
.
Before the JAC could take shape, a unanimous resolution was passed at the
first Arab League summit
(January 1964) establishing the
United Arab Command
(UAC), although the UAC's inactivity following the
Samu Incident
(1966) and during the
Six-Day War
(1967) signalled its
de facto
dissolution.
Arab Liberation Army
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The
Arab Liberation Army
(??? ??????? ??????
Jaysh al-Inqadh al-Arabi
), also translated as
Arab Countries Salvation Army
, was an army of volunteers from
Arab
countries led by
Fawzi al-Qawuqji
. It fought on the Arab side in the
1948 Palestine war
and was set up by the
Arab League
as a counter to the
Arab High Committee
's
Holy War Army
, though in fact the League and Arab governments prevented thousands from joining either force.
[2]
At the meeting in
Damascus
on 5 February 1948 to organize Palestinian Field Commands, Northern
Palestine
including
Samaria
was allocated to Qawuqji's forces, although Samaria was
de facto
already under the control of
Transjordan
.
[2]
The Arab League Military Committee, with headquarters in Damascus, was responsible for the movements and servicing of the Army. The Committee consisted of General: Ismail Safwat (Iraq, Commander-in-Chief), General:
Taha al-Hashimi
(
Iraq
), Colonel: Shuqayri (Lebanon), Colonel: Muhammed al-Hindi (
Syria
) and Colonel: Abd al-Qadir al-Jundi (Transjordan).
The ALA was dissolved at the end of the
Palestine War
.
[2]
Egypt
's membership was suspended in 1979 after it signed a peace treaty with Israel; the league's headquarters was moved from Cairo,
Egypt
, to Tunis,
Tunisia
. In 1987, AL leaders decided to renew diplomatic ties with
Egypt
, who was readmitted in 1989 and the league's headquarters was moved back to Cairo.
[3]
[4]
Current strength of Arab League member states
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Numbers of military personnel
[5]
[6]
member state
|
Active
|
Reserve
|
Paramilitary
|
Total
|
Per 1,000 capita
|
total
|
active
|
|
Algeria
|
520,000
|
150,000
|
18,7,200
|
857,200
|
19.2
|
11.6
|
|
Bahrain
|
18,400
|
35,805
|
11,260
|
65,465
|
9,461,381.3
|
2659274.7
|
|
Comoros
|
1,000
|
2,000
|
50
|
3,050
|
3.6
|
1.2
|
|
Djibouti
|
20,470
|
12,220
|
2,650
|
35,340
|
36.9
|
21.4
|
|
Egypt
|
438,500
|
479,000
|
397,000
|
1,314,500
|
10,896,417.2
|
3634902.2
|
|
Iraq
|
193,000
|
664,169
|
230,000
|
1,087,169
|
23,989,777.5
|
4258792.4
|
|
Jordan
|
100,500
|
65,000
|
15,000
|
180,500
|
16,144,081.4
|
8988809.9
|
|
Kuwait
|
72,000
|
24,000
|
7,100
|
103,100
|
24,006,775
|
16765158.1
|
|
Lebanon
|
95,000
|
35,000
|
20,000
|
150,000
|
28,318,910.2
|
17935309.8
|
|
Libya
|
35,000
|
65,000
|
100
|
100,100
|
14,189,538.5
|
4961377.1
|
|
Mauritania
|
31,540
|
66,000
|
5,000
|
102,540
|
22,218,976.7
|
6834274.7
|
|
Morocco
|
195,000
|
150,000
|
50,000
|
395,000
|
10.4
|
5.1
|
|
Oman
|
128,000
|
100,000
|
4,400
|
232,400
|
51,410,572
|
28315633.5
|
|
Palestine
|
120,000
|
20,000
|
50
|
140,050
|
26,792,582.6
|
22956871.9
|
|
Qatar
|
66,550
|
15,000
|
5,000
|
86,550
|
30,960,649.4
|
23806253.2
|
|
Saudi Arabia
|
257,000
|
250,000
|
24,500
|
531,500
|
13,840,785.4
|
6692534
|
|
Somalia
|
115,530
|
20,000
|
100
|
135,630
|
7,947,380.8
|
6769600.4
|
|
Sudan
|
109,300
|
85,000
|
17,500
|
211,800
|
4.3
|
2.2
|
|
Syria
|
170,000
|
150,000
|
100,000
|
420,000
|
19
|
7.7
|
|
Tunisia
|
89,800
|
40,000
|
12,000
|
141,800
|
12.1
|
7.7
|
|
United Arab Emirates
|
65,000
|
130,000
|
200
|
195,200
|
21,058,055.1
|
7012159.7
|
|
Yemen
|
66,700
|
50,000
|
100
|
116,800
|
3,407,471.9
|
1945876.5
|
|
Arab League
|
2.990,290
|
2.588,194
|
1.006,610
|
6.585094
|
14.2
|
6.5
|
List of Arab League member states by military expenditure
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Member state
|
Population
|
GDP
(nominal)
($billions)
[7]
|
Defence expenditure (US$)
[8]
|
Total
($millions)
|
%
real GDP
|
Algeria
|
44,700,000
|
187.155
|
18,263.97
|
8.2
|
Bahrain
|
1,463,265
|
43.544
|
1,383.78
|
3.1
|
Comoros
|
850,886
|
1.242
|
?
|
?
|
Djibouti
|
957,273
|
3.725
|
36.6
|
2.63
|
Egypt
|
104,635,983
|
469.094
|
3,164.63
|
0.9
|
Iraq
|
45,318,011
|
282.876
|
5,108.40
|
2.1
|
Jordan
|
11,180,568
|
48.066
|
2,450.24
|
4.9
|
Kuwait
|
4,294,621
|
183.568
|
7,755.03
|
4.9
|
Lebanon
|
5,296,814
|
21.780
|
241.29
|
8.9
|
Libya
|
7,054,493
|
40.836
|
3,755.7
|
15.48
|
Mauritania
|
4,614,974
|
10.091
|
277.16
|
2.5
|
Morocco
|
37,984,655
|
142.874
|
5,184.93
|
3.6
|
Oman
|
4,520,471
|
108.969
|
5,851.76
|
5.4
|
Palestine
|
5,227,193
|
18.818
|
?
|
?
|
Qatar
|
2,795,484
|
221.369
|
15,412.1
|
6.96
|
Saudi Arabia
|
38,401,000
|
1,010.588
|
75,813.33
|
7.1
|
Somalia
|
17,066,000
|
8.416
|
143.47
|
?
|
Sudan
|
49,197,555
|
42.762
|
3,180.5
|
0.92
|
Syria
|
22,125,249
|
11.080
|
2,494.9
|
4.06
|
Tunisia
|
11,708,370
|
46.282
|
1,208.20
|
2.4
|
United Arab Emirates
|
9,269,612
|
503.913
|
22,755.1
|
5.64
|
Yemen
|
34,277,612
|
27.594
|
1,714.8
|
3.97
|
Arab League
|
462,940,089
|
3,434.640
|
168,995.41
|
4.44
|
References
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