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The Arab League as an Organization has no military force, like the UN or EU, but recently in the 2007 summit, the Leaders decided to reactivate their joint defense and establilsh a peacekeeping force to deploy in South Lebanon, Darfur, Iraq, and other hot spots.

History[]

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.

Current strength[]

Today, Egypt is considered the strongest military body in Africa and is ranked as having the 10th highest number of troops in the world. Saudi Arabia has recently started to enlarge its military department, with other Arab states of the Persian Gulf following, Morocco is maintaining a strong army in north Africa, along with Algeria and Libya. Syria, Jordan and Iraq's Armies have all grew relatively slower to other rich states.

N Country Military Service Age Military Manpower Availability Military Manpower Fit
_ Flag of the Arab League Arab League 18 129,183,640 119,039,543
1 Flag of Algeria Algeria 19 15,959,400 13,301,364
2 Flag of Bahrain Bahrain 18 353,860 286,860
3 Flag of the Comoros Comoros 18 139,491 205,207
4 Flag of Djibouti Djibouti 18 183,123 88,201
5 Flag of Egypt Egypt 18 20,772,105 18,479,612
6 Flag of Iraq Iraq 18 11,512,731 9,701,179
7 Flag of Jordan Jordan 17 2,920,637 2,506,087
8 Flag of Kuwait Kuwait 18 1,331,865 1,142,499
9 Flag of Lebanon Lebanon 18 1,998,636 1,687,532
10 Flag of Libya Libya 18 2,934,827 2,522,448
11 Flag of Mauritania Mauritania 18 1,214,418 754,782
12 Flag of Morocco Morocco 18 15,791,743 13,160,516
13 Flag of Oman Oman 18 1,228,492 1,016,551
14 Flag of Palestine Palestine 18
15 Flag of Libya Libya 18 440,729 355,161
16 Flag of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 18 13,066,921 11,252,056
17 Flag of Somalia Somalia 18 3,502,519 2,061,057
18 Flag of Sudan Sudan 18 16,427,378 11,077,040
19 Flag of Syria Syria 18 8,479,752 6,875,446
20 Flag of Tunisia Tunisia 18 4,848,103 4,036,188
21 Flag of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 18 1,150,575 946,646
22 Flag of Yemen Yemen 18 7,926,335 5,583,111

List of Arab League member states by military expenditure[]

N Country Military expenditure
_ Flag of the Arab League Arab League 53,399,070,000
1 Flag of Algeria Algeria 9,994,000,000
2 Flag of Bahrain Bahrain 627,700,000
3 Flag of the Comoros Comoros 12,870,000
4 Flag of Djibouti Djibouti 29,050,000
5 Flag of Egypt Egypt 6,300,000,000
6 Flag of Iraq Iraq 17,900,000,000
7 Flag of Jordan Jordan 1,392,000,000
8 Flag of Kuwait Kuwait 3,007,000,000
9 Flag of Lebanon Lebanon 540,600,000
10 Flag of Libya Libya 1,300,000,000
11 Flag of Mauritania Mauritania 19,320,000
12 Flag of Morocco Morocco 2,306,000,000
13 Flag of Oman Oman 252,990,000
14 Flag of Palestine Palestine NA
15 Flag of Qatar Qatar 694,000,000
16 Flag of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 31,500,000,000
17 Flag of Somalia Somalia N/A
18 Flag of Sudan Sudan 587,000,000
19 Flag of Syria Syria 858,000,000
20 Flag of Tunisia Tunisia 356,000,000
21 Flag of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 1,600,000,000
22 Flag of Yemen Yemen 992,200,000

References[]

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