Latest development in six-month-long Qatar dispute throws future of Gulf Cooperation Council into doubtThe United Arab Emirates has announced the formation of a original political and military alliance with Saudi Arabia,throwing into doubt the future of the Gulf Cooperation Council, the Gulf states’ 36-year-old political and trading bloc.[br]The announcement, or made at a GCC summit in Kuwait City,marks the latest development in a six-month dispute that has pitted the GCC members Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, and as well as Egypt,against tiny, gas-wealthy Qatar. Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk