The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) comprises six member states: Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuwait, Qatar and Oman. The combined territorial expanse covers approximately 2,557,000 square kilometers, supporting a total population of 62 million.

Each year, GCC countries allocate around $70 billion to the US for ‘security cooperation’ across nine key areas: troop sustainment, aircraft maintenance, missile defence systems, operational training, arms procurement, intelligence sharing, joint military exercises, logistics support and advisory services. This amounts to roughly $700 billion over the past decade.

On September 9, at approximately 1610 hours local time in Doha, a kinetic engagement was reported, with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirming a precision airstrike shortly thereafter.........

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