GCC agrees to set up advanced military command headquarters in Kuwait
Summary
The Gulf Cooperation Council agreed to establish an advanced headquarters for its Unified Military Command in Kuwait and said it would station appropriate forces there. The announcement followed a meeting of the member states’ defence ministers in Bahrain; details on the headquarters and planned deployment have not been released.Key Facts
- The GCC has six members: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
- The GCC’s Unified Military Command was established in 2013 to oversee joint operations and strengthen collective defence.
- The GCC General Secretariat announced the plan on Tuesday after a meeting of defence ministers in Bahrain.
- The council has not specified the headquarters’ details or the number and type of forces to be stationed there.
- The article says Iranian missile and drone attacks targeted Gulf countries after the US-Israel war on Iran began on February 28.
- The war has disrupted air travel and shipping and raised concerns about the security of regional oil and gas exports.
- The article says fighting in Yemen escalated after a United Nations-brokered ceasefire largely in place since 2022 collapsed in July.
- The article reports that a Houthi attack on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport last month killed 14 people and wounded more than 300.
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