Military of the Arab League
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History
The military history of the Arab League is closely linked to the
Before the JAC could take shape, a unanimous resolution was passed at the
Arab Liberation Army
The
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.[3]
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.[4]
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.[5][6]
Current strength of Arab League member states
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
Member state | Population | GDP (nominal) ($billions)[9] |
Defence expenditure (US$)[10] | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total ($millions) |
% real GDP
| |||
Algeria | 44,700,000 | 187.155 | 9,145.8 | 4.78 |
Bahrain | 1,463,265 | 43.544 | 1,381.3 | 3.17 |
Comoros | 850,886 | 1.242 | — | — |
Djibouti | 957,273 | 3.725 | 36.6 | 2.63 |
Egypt | 104,635,983 | 469.094 | 4,645.9 | 1.06 |
Iraq | 45,318,011 | 282.876 | 4,683.1 | 1.67 |
Jordan | 11,180,568 | 48.066 | 2,323.3 | 4.84 |
Kuwait | 4,294,621 | 183.568 | 8,244.1 | 4.53 |
Lebanon | 5,296,814 | 21.780 | 4,739.0 | 3.37 |
Libya | 7,054,493 | 40.836 | 3,755.7 | 15.48 |
Mauritania | 4,614,974 | 10.091 | 225.4 | 2.27 |
Morocco | 37,984,655 | 142.874 | 4,995.0 | 3.90 |
Oman | 4,520,471 | 108.969 | 5,783.5 | 5.17 |
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 | 7,5013.3 | 7.42 |
Somalia | 17,066,000 | 8.416 | 115.1 | — |
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 | 1,156.2 | 2.48 |
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 |
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