Arab League. The Arab League (Arabic: ?????????????? ??????????????, al-J??mi??a al-??Arabiyya, Arabic: [al.d????a??.mi.??a al.??a.ra.bij.ja] ), formally the League of Arab States (Arabic: ?????????? ?????????? ??????????????, J??mi??at ad-Duwal al-??Arabiyya), is a regional organization in the Arab world. The Arab League was formed in Cairo on 22 March 1945, initially with seven members: Egypt, Iraq, Transjordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and North Yemen. Currently, the League has 22 members. The League's main goal is to "draw closer the relations between member states and co-ordinate collaboration between them, to safeguard their independence and sovereignty, and to consider in a general...