Major political developments in the Arab world, including the strained relations between the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Iran, topped the agenda when GCC heads of state met in Riyadh on May 10. This consultative meeting of the GCC leaders also shared information and looked at possible ways to solve the crises in a number of states in the region, in particular Yemen, Libya, Syria and Iraq as well as Afghanistan.
The meeting, which came a week after the killing of terror mastermind Osama Bin Laden and amid delays in the endorsement of the GCC-brokered deal for Yemen, is expected to “shed light on the security situation in the region and terrorism at large,” said a GCC spokesman, without divulging more details.