Gulf countries attacked by Iran establish new military headquarters in Kuwait

Gulf countries, which suffered from retaliatory attacks during the Iran war, approved a plan to establish a new forward headquarters of the Unified Military Command in Kuwait.

At the 23rd Joint Defense Council held in Bahrain on the 10th (local time), the six member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) approved a plan to establish a forward headquarters of the Unified Military Command in Kuwait and deploy an appropriate number of troops.

GCC Secretary-General Jassim Al-Budawi emphasized that the decision to establish a new headquarters "reflects the firm determination of the Gulf countries to protect the security and sovereignty of GCC countries and strengthen their capabilities to confront common threats."

Secretary-General Al-Budawi also said that at this meeting, “we condemned the vicious Iranian attack.”

Details, such as the nature of the new headquarters or the specific size of the dispatched troops, were not immediately known.

The GCC is made up of six monarchies in the Gulf region, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, and Qatar, all allies of the United States.

Previously, at the Kuwait Summit in December 2013, the GCC established the Unified Military Command to strengthen defense capabilities and plan and manage joint military operations against potential threats to the territory, airspace, territorial waters, and interests of member countries.

Gulf Arab countries, where many large U.S. military bases are stationed, have been subject to repeated missile and drone attacks by Iran since the United States and Israel launched a war against Iran on February 28.

In the aftermath of the war, regional air operations and maritime logistics are being disrupted, and concerns are growing about the security of oil and natural gas exports, which are the core of the Middle East economy.