ISIL and Iran to dominate Gulf Arab summit – Middle East – Al Jazeera English.
Gulf Arab leaders have arrived in the Qatari capital for a summit expected to push forward plans for a unified military command and an Interpol-like agency to counter regional foe Iran and self-declared jihadist groups.
Foreign ministers from the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) gathered on Tuesday afternoon in Doha, ahead of the formal opening of the summit at 6pm local time, which will be inaugurated by Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani.
The annual meeting comes after an eight-month diplomatic spat in the bloc which pitted Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain against Qatar over its alleged support for the Muslim Brotherhood.
The Brotherhood, from which toppled Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi hailed, has been labelled a “terrorist organisation” by Saudi Arabia and the UAE. The other two GCC members, Kuwait and Oman, tried to stay neutral.
A reconciliation meeting attended by the six foreign ministers three weeks ago in the Saudi capital Riyadh, appears to have eased tensions and paved the way for the one-day summit.
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