page_title: Arab League
section_title: Summits
hierarchical_section_title: Arab League / Summits
caption_attribution_description: English: Arab League Summit Logo
context_page_description: The Arab League, formally the League of Arab States, is a regional organization in the Arab world, which is located in Africa and Western Asia. The Arab League was formed in Cairo on 22 March 1945 initially with six members: Egypt, Iraq, Transjordan, 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.
  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".
  Through institutions, notably the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization and the Economic and Social Council of its Council of Arab Economic Unity, the League facilitates political, economic, cultural, scientific, and social programmes designed to promote the interests of the Arab world.
caption: 2013 Arab League Summit Logo
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