"Washington exerts regional pressures to force Iran out of Syria and it also has concerns about the activities of Lebanese Iran-backed Hezbollah in the region. This is why the United States hasn't given the green light for the return of Syria to the AL," said Nasrallah.

In mid-December last year, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir made the first visit by an Arab leader to Damascus since the eruption of Syria's civil war. Later in the same month, the UAE re-opened its embassy in Syria and Bahrain officially announced to follow suit.

However, AL chief Ahmed Aboul-Gheit said on Thursday that AL member states have not reached a consensus on Syria's return to the 22-member body.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry also said last week that Damascus needs to take a number of measures toward a political settlement to the Syrian crisis in order to restore its AL membership.

"Circumstances today do not seem to be favorable for Syria's return to the AL despite the willingness shown by some Arab countries," said Nasrallah.

Qatar's Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani announced a few days before the Arab economic summit in Beirut that Doha sees no need to re-open its embassy in Damascus, as there are no "encouraging" signs to normalize ties with the Syrian government.

Meanwhile, Lebanese Parliament's Deputy Speaker Elie Ferzli told Xinhua that Syria will most probably return to the AL during the 30th session of the Arab Summit in Tunisia.

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