As of 2019, how many members are there in the Arab League?

The Arab League, formally the League of Arab States, is a regional organization of Arab states in and around North Africa, the Horn of Africa and Arabia. It was formed in Cairo on 22 March 1945 with six members: Egypt, Iraq, Transjordan (renamed Jordan in 1949), Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Syria. Yemen joined as a member on 5 May 1945. Currently, the League has 22 members, but Syria's participation has been suspended since November 2011, as a consequence of government repression during the Syrian Civil War.

The League's main goal is to "draw closer the relations between member States and co-ordinate collaboration between them, to safeguard their independence and sovereignty, and to consider in a general way the affairs and interests of the Arab countries".

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John W Shreve

The answer is usually one of the middle numbers.

Louella Wilson

Ian Swindale, you only had to click on the link given to find that wikipedia does not include South Sudan.

robinandersen

Syria suspended since November 2011 so technically I didnt considder it a member....obviously the person that wrote the question did. bad form

chipdhf

Pierre Poirier, I did the exact same thing for the same reason

Jaimi McEntire

Pierre Poirier, I did the same. Not sure whether to count Syria or not.

Fran Donnelly

Pierre Poirier, have to agree with you, it's still a member.

Ian Swindale

Sudan is a member - no disagreement there. The map shows the League stretching way below Sudan which implies that South Sudan is a member but it seems not in which event the map is wrong or other sources such as Wikipedia are wrong.