Arab League Delays Forming Joint Force

The Arab League has postponed its effort to form a regional military force to fight Islamic State militants in Libya, apparently because the league's members are divided in their views on the civil war in the north African state. Analysts said the indefinite delay, announced before the meeting scheduled for Thursday in Cairo, grew out of the one of the original obstacles facing a pan-Arab force. “It is because of the constant disputes,” said Kamel Abdullah, a researcher at Al-Ahram...

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