#Kuwait Parliament Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim meets with #Turkey President Erdogan and discuss bilateral relations and regional developments.
#Gulf
#GCC_Crisis
#Iran
#Soleimani

The Pentagon stated that 34 American soldiers had been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury following #Iran missile attacks on a US base in #Iraq earlier this month
#Soleimani

US Department of Treasury imposes #Iran-related sanctions on six companies based in the #UAE and #China
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-sanctions/us-imposes-fresh-iran-related-sanctions-on-two-people-six-companies-idUSKBN1ZM2Q8

U.S. sources in Washington DC say #Kuwaiti leadership is angry due to the recent media escalation of the #GCC crisis and is looking to withdrawal from mediation efforts.
#Gulf

Kuwaiti Al-Qabas Newspaper accuses #Iran of blackmailing #Kuwait after an #IRGC official’s statement that the drone that killed #Soleimani took off from Ali Al-Salem Air Force Base in Kuwait

Fellow for the Middle East at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, @Dr_Ulrichsen talks about the #Gulf crisis after the recent escalatory statements by the #Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs @AdelAljubeir.

#Kuwait summons #Iran Ambassador concerning an IRGC official's statement on the drone that killed #Soleimani

#Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Al-Jubeir: "We do not want the war in #Yemen and we seek a political resolution"

A huge protest in #Iraq is taking place against the U.S. military presence in the country

Today at GIF's panel "The U.S. & Iran: Dangerous Escalation or Calculated Brinkmanship?" Dr. David Pollock, the Bernstein Fellow at @WashInstitute discussed #GCC states' position in the recent #IranUSTension
"Each one of the GCC states has its own particular relationship with...