the 2011 yingluck shinawatra -- arab spring protests set deep wrists. a split appeared to those like tunisia, and saudi arabia who viewed the uprisings as a throat to stability. it's been a violent year in iraq as the army supported by the u.s.-led coalition battles the islamic state of iraq and levant. and i.s.i.l. has a strong presence in syria. and opposition forces continue their battle to remove bashar al-assad from power. analysts say the conflicts cause a split in the arab league between member states and iraq and syria, both of which will maintain the strong ties with iran. a dispute between saudi arabia and kaar over the muslim brotherhood appears to have resolved. last year the leaders between bahrain and united arab emirates refused to attend. there were objections to syria's opposition, the seat at the meeting left vacant. the last 12 months set new challenges for the organization. fighting spread across yeg since last september when shia houthis seized control. the president called for support from golf arab states and the conflict of is co

at the time the focus was on the aftermath of the yingluck shinawatra. in 2012 in the middle of what was a full blown civil war. there was accusations of human rights abuses. it brought this warping. >> we started to sea a bunch of chemical weapons moving around. a year later, president obama said he had proof chemical weapons had been used. he tried to build support. it didn't work. >> the united states came off two major wars. there was little appetite for a third. inside syria, armed groups waged war for their own end. i.s.i.l. formed in the aftermath of iraq was there, operating in sunni areas. then it was on to northern iraq where u.s. trained iraqi troops dropped their gun and ran. when i.s.i.l. fighters came within 40km of the capital, the u.s. air war began. >> it was the beheading on camera of the journalist that got the public's attention. >> the beheadings of journalists had an affect and there's no question it had an affect. that and the strategic element, that can't be overlooked as well. the idea that this - here is a country, iraq where th