Military of the Arab League

The Arab League as an organization has no military force, like the United Nations or the European Union, but in the 2007 summit, 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

ALA on parade. 1948

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

The Arab Liberation Army (جيش الإنقاذ العربي 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.[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

N	Country	Military Service Age	Military Manpower Availability	Military Manpower Fit	Active Military Personnel	Reserve Military Personnel
01.	Egypt	18	20,772,105	18,479,612	438,500	479,000_!?’
02.	Algeria	19	20,400,000	17,250,000	130,000	150,000_!?’
03.*	Comoros	18	139,491	205,207	1,000	2,000_!!’
04.*	Djiboutian	18	391,797	268,730	20,470	12,220_!?’
05.*	Iraq	18	11,512,731	9,701,179	538,000	664,169_?
06.	Bahrain	18	800,000	680,000	18,200	35,805_?
07.	Kuwait	18	1,619,438	1,346,118	58,300	57,285_!!
08.	Lebanon	18	2,229,474	1,883,155	72,000	20,000_?
09.	Libya	18	3,489,272	2,970,078	35,000	65,000_’
10.	Mauritania	18	1,214,418	754,782	15,870	5,000_’
11.	Morocco	18	15,791,743	13,160,516	198,000	175,000_’
12.*	Oman	18	1,228,492	1,016,551	75,000	35,000_’
13.=	Jordan	17	2,920,637	2,506,087	110,700	65,000_’
14.	Qatar	18	555,059	462,150	67,000	15,000_!?’
15.=	Saudi Arabia	18	15,240,714	4,725,514	227,000	250,000_!!’?
16.	Somalia	19	2,781,768	1,669,059	0,117,530	20,000.00
17.	Sudan	18	16,427,378	11,077,040	109,300	90,000_?
18.=	Syria	18	11,550,588	9,939,661	142,000	150,000_!!?
18.=	Palestine	17	A	A	A	A
19.*	United Arab Emirates	18	752,707	412,490	100,000	130,000_!!?
20.=	Tunisia	18	4,848,103	4,036,188	40,500	40,000_!?
21.	Yemen	18	7,926,335	5,583,111	30,000	50,000_!!’
_	Arab League	19	129,183,640	119,039,543	1,828,840+	1,694,310+

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List of Arab League member states by military expenditure

The end of 2017 the heads of "Arab League countries" agreed to form a joint Arab military force. This force would comprise some 46,000 elite troops, support between war planes, naval vessels and light armors.[9]

N	Country	Military expenditure
01.	Egypt	$11.00 billion +
02._*	Jordan	$2.50 billion +
03.=	Comoros	$1.1 billion +*
04.=	Chad	$1.2 billion+*
05.=	Djibouti	$1.1 billion +
06.*	Algeria	$24.00 billion +
07.-*	Iraq	$10.6 billion +
08.*	Bahrain	$1.39 billion +
09.	Kuwait	$18.20 billion +
10.	Lebanon	$1.75 billion +
11.	Libya	$3.98 billion +
12.	Mauritania	$1.49 billion +
13.	Morocco	$11.80 billion +
14.	Oman	$9.77 billion +
14.=*	Palestine	$1.98 billion +*[10]
15.	Qatar	$9.71 billion +
16.	Saudi Arabia	$59.98 billion +
17.=	Sudan	$2.98 billion +*
18.	Syria	$2.98 billion +
19.	Tunisia	$1.48 billion +
20.•	United Arab Emirates	$24.59 billion +*
21.=•	Yemen	$1.97 billion +*
_	Arab League	$250.56 billion +

References

"Ethiopia, Eritrea say US allegations 'inflammatory', 'defamatory'". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
Levenberg, Haim (1993). Military Preparations of the Arab Community in Palestine: 1945–1948. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-7146-3439-5
Levenberg, Haim (1993). Military Preparations of the Arab Community in Palestine: 1945–1948. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-7146-3439-5
Levenberg, Haim (1993). Military Preparations of the Arab Community in Palestine: 1945–1948. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-7146-3439-5
"Arab League | History, Purpose, Members, & Achievements | Britannica". www.britannica.com. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/arab_league.htm
https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/saudi-arabia-places-order-with-boeing-for-up-to-121-planes
https://theworld.org/stories/arab-nations-want-build-united-army
"Arab League to create military force". BBC News. 29 March 2015. Archived from the original on 17 March 2023.
"The U.S. Has Wasted Billions of Dollars on Failed Arab Armies". 31 January 2019.

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[1] "Ethiopia, Eritrea say US allegations 'inflammatory', 'defamatory'". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 13 July 2023.

[2] Levenberg, Haim (1993). Military Preparations of the Arab Community in Palestine: 1945–1948. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-7146-3439-5

[3] Levenberg, Haim (1993). Military Preparations of the Arab Community in Palestine: 1945–1948. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-7146-3439-5

[4] Levenberg, Haim (1993). Military Preparations of the Arab Community in Palestine: 1945–1948. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-7146-3439-5

[5] "Arab League | History, Purpose, Members, & Achievements | Britannica". www.britannica.com. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.

[6] ttps://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/arab_league.htm

[7] ttps://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/saudi-arabia-places-order-with-boeing-for-up-to-121-planes

[8] ttps://theworld.org/stories/arab-nations-want-build-united-army

[9] "Arab League to create military force". BBC News. 29 March 2015. Archived from the original on 17 March 2023.

[10] "The U.S. Has Wasted Billions of Dollars on Failed Arab Armies". 31 January 2019.