Arab League
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The Arab League is an organization made up of countries in Northern Africa and Southwest Asia. Most, though not all of these countries use Arabic as their official language. The purpose is to find ways for the countries to form unity and to work together to figure out their problems. The countries in the Arab League are:
- Egypt - March 22, 1945 (Founder) (suspended, 1979-1989)
- Iraq - March 22, 1945 (Founder)
- Jordan - March 22, 1945 (Founder) (entered when still using the name "Transjordan")
- Lebanon - March 22, 1945 (Founder)
- Saudi Arabia - March 22, 1945 (Founder)
- Syria - March 22, 1945 (Founder)
- Yemen - May 5, 1945 (Founder)
- Libya - March 28, 1953
- Sudan - January 19, 1956
- Morocco - October 1, 1958
- Tunisia - October 1, 1958
- Kuwait - July 20, 1961
- Algeria - August 16, 1962
- United Arab Emirates - June 12, 1971
- Bahrain - September 11, 1971
- Qatar - September 11, 1971
- Oman - September 29, 1971
- Mauritania - November 26, 1973
- Somalia - February 14, 1974
- Palestine - succeeding to the position held by the Palestine Liberation Organization since September 9, 1976
- Djibouti - April 9, 1977
- Comoros - November 20, 1993
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