GCC is one big, happy family again

GCC puts up a united front after bringing Qatar in from the cold: Gulf Arab leaders cametogether yesterday for their 42nd annual GCC summit, in their first meeting since Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and Bahrain agreed to end their four-year blockade and restore diplomatic ties with Qatar earlier this year. In addition to discussing the Palestinian cause, tensions with Iran, the war in Yemen, the crisis in Syria, and stability in Lebanon, the six Gulf states expressed solidarity with Egypt and Sudan in face of water security tensions with Ethiopia over GERD, according to the Saudi Gazette.