Gulf leaders to meet in Saudi Arabia to discuss response to Iranian strikes

Saudi Arabia will host an exceptional meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council in Jeddah on Tuesday, the first in-person meeting of Gulf leaders since their states became a front in the Iran war two months ago.



A Gulf official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the meeting aimed to craft a response to the thousands of Iranian missile and drone attacks Gulf states have faced since the U.S. and Israel launched the war with strikes on Iran on February 28.



The war has seen key energy infrastructure in all six GCC states damaged, with U.S.-linked firms and other civilian infrastructure, as well as military installations, also targeted.



Attacks have subsided since the U.S. and Iran entered a ceasefire on April 8, though Gulf capitals remain wary of resumed conflict, with U.S.-Iran talks for a permanent deal to end the conflict so far inconclusive.