(CNSNews.com) – Two months after the Arab League won praise for its unprecedented call for international intervention in Libya, the bloc of 22 Arab states is reverting to its customary role of closing ranks, this time around the Assad regime in Syria.

At a time of historic change and challenge in the Arab world, the Arab League has chosen to postpone for a second time a leaders’ summit that would have provided an opportunity to embrace the transitions in Egypt and Tunisia, welcome reform efforts in other member states, and tackle head-on the crises in Syria and Yemen.
Already put off once since March, the 33rd Arab League Summit was supposed to take place this month, with Iraq acting as host for the first time in more than three decades.

Instead, following talks last weeks between Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa and Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, the AL announced the postponement, saying the decision “takes account of current events in several Arab countries.” read more