Signed in Cairo on March 22, 1945, the Pact of the League of Arab States stands as a landmark in modern Arab history — the first formal attempt to institutionalize unity among newly independent Arab nations. Emerging from the political upheavals that followed World War II and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the Pact...

1. The largest percentage for any one request is that of 1,500 petitions (80.4 per cent) for United Syria, including Cilicia, the Syrian Desert, and Palestine. The boundaries of this area are usually defined as “The Taurus Mountains on the north- the Euphrates and Khabur Rivers, and the line extending east of Abu Kamal to...