Transport in the Arab League

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Transport in the Arab League describes the land, air, and water transport methods and infrastructure of the countries in the Arab world. Transport infrastructure in the states of the Arab League has been growing, albeit slowly.

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Highways

Regional highways

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Highways and Roads in the States of the Arab League

There are several cross-Arab State roads, crossing the Arab world from its farthest point in the west in Mauritania, to its eastern farthest point in Oman. The Arab States are connected with roads and highways that cross deserts, mountains and forests. The most developed state with high road infrastructure is the United Arab Emirates, followed by Syria, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Morocco, Jordan and Egypt, while countries such as Sudan, Libya, Mauritania, Somalia and Yemen seem to have a lot of building to do.

Railways

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Rail Lines in the Arab League

Egypt has by far the oldest railroad in the Middle East and Africa and one of the oldest in the world, built in 1854 by Khedive Abbas I of Egypt. Now Egypt has the most extensive railway system in the Middle East, and is the only country in the Arab League to have an underground metro system in Cairo.

The Souk AhrasGhardimaou line already connect Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia with each other, but Morocco and Algeria have closed the line due to increased tensions. while Libya, Egypt and Sudan are not connected to each other. In the Asian part, almost all Arab states have been connected by railroads, except the Arab states of the Persian Gulf.

Perhaps the most developed railways connecting Arab states can be found between Iraq and Syria, with the Iraqi Republic Railways which run through Syria to Turkey. New projects underway to develop the Arab rail lines have been under construction, linking the south Egyptian city of Abu Simbel with the north Sudanese city of Wadi Halfa.

Proposed railways

Waterways

Pipelines

Ports and harbors

Atlantic Ocean

Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania

Indian Ocean

Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros

Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia

Persian Gulf

Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain

Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait

Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq

Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia

Flag of Oman.svg  Oman

Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar

Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates

Arabian Sea

Flag of Oman.svg  Oman

Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen

Mediterranean Sea

Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria

Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt

Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon

Flag of Libya.svg  Libya

Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine

Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia

Flag of Syria.svg  Syria

Red Sea

Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt

Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti

Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan

Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia

Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan

Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen

Merchant marine

Airports

Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria

Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain

Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros

Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti

Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt

Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq

Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan

Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait

Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon

Flag of Libya.svg  Libya

Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania

Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco

Flag of Oman.svg  Oman

Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine

Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar

Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia

Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia

Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan

Flag of Syria.svg  Syria

Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia

Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates

Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen

Heliports

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