Winners and losers of the Gulf summit

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The blockade on Qatar finally ended last week in the extraordinary Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit held in Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia. The Gulf is seemingly unified again, with Qatar back in the fold. Emblematic of this union was the embrace between Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS). The Saudis, along with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Egypt, have relinquished their absurd demands on Qatar.


Qatar was the obvious winner of the summit. The small Gulf state has managed to maintain its independent foreign policy and has further strengthened its sovereignty as a result. The blockade allowed Qatar to disentangle its foreign policy from the Saudi-dominated GCC, and foster new strategic ties, namely with Turkey.

Winners and losers of the Gulf summit | Opinion

The blockade on Qatar finally ended last week in the extraordinary Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit held in Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia. The Gulf is...

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obviously it was a big loss for the gulf states and their lackeys like sisi. All that money, all that military hardware and in the end they had to capitulate against a tiny nothing state like Qatar.