Gulf Leaders Meet In Saudi Arabia To Discuss Response To Iranian Strikes

Last Updated:April 28, 2026, 19:27 IST

The meeting is aimed at crafting a response to the thousands of Iranian missile and drone attacks Gulf states have faced since February 28.

As the war in the Middle East has been ongoing for two months now, Saudi Arabia is set to host an exceptional meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council in Jeddah on Tuesday. This is going to be the first in-person meeting of Gulf leaders since their states became a front in the Iran war.

A Gulf official told Reuters that the meeting is aimed at crafting a response to the thousands of Iranian missile and drone attacks Gulf states have faced since February 28.

During the war, the six GCC states saw key energy infrastructure damaged, with US-linked firms and other civilian infrastructure, as well as military installations, also targeted.

Currently, the attacks have subsided following the US-Iran ceasefire on April 8, though Gulf capitals remain wary of resumed conflict, with US-Iran talks for a permanent deal to end the conflict so far inconclusive.

Qatar’s emir, Kuwait’s crown prince, Bahrain’s king and the United Arab Emirates’ foreign minister arrived in Jeddah to attend the summit.

The GCC has faced some criticism from the UAE over what it said has been an inadequate response to the war.

“It is true that, logistically, the GCC countries supported each other, but politically and militarily, I think their position was the weakest in history," senior UAE official Anwar Gargash told a conference in the UAE on Monday.

“I expected such a weak position from the Arab League, and I am not surprised by it, but I have not expected it from the GCC, and I am surprised by it."

(With agency inputs)

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