The Gulf countries will establish a joint military command headquarters in Kuwait.
Defense ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have agreed to establish a forward headquarters for the bloc's joint military command in Kuwait, GCC Secretary General Jassim Al-Bodaiwi announced.
The ministers also agreed to assign military forces to the headquarters to strengthen security coordination between Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman.
The decision comes after months of a US-Israeli military standoff with Iran, during which Gulf states that host US military installations have faced Iranian attacks and growing threats to energy infrastructure and shipping lanes.
The conflict has raised concerns among Gulf governments about their dependence on US security guarantees and increased pressure to strengthen their collective defense capabilities.
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