Skip to main content
The Morning Star Shop
Arab League takes dim view of Saudi-Iranian proxy spat

ARAB League foreign ministers held an extraordinary meeting yesterday with a single agenda item — condemnation of the ransacking of Saudi Arabia’s diplomatic mission in Iran and Tehran’s “meddling” in Arab affairs.

Saudi Arabia was expected to garner the support of 18 members of the 22-nation bloc, in which Syria has been represented by the opposition Syrian National Coalition since 2011.

The attack on the embassy followed Riyadh’s execution of prominent Shi’ite preacher and critic of the Saudi monarchy Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
More from this author
A Turkish missile is fired at Kurdish forces in Afrin
World / 9 February 2018
9 February 2018
United States / 9 February 2018
9 February 2018
South America / 9 February 2018
9 February 2018
South Africa / 8 February 2018
8 February 2018
Similar stories
Cardinals adjust their mitre hats during a final Mass celebrated by cardinals inside St. Peter's Basilica before the conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, May 7, 2025
Round-up / 7 May 2025
7 May 2025
A car burns after an air strike next to a hospital in Idlib,
World / 3 December 2024
3 December 2024