The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is to hold its 17th summit meeting on Dec. 7 in the Qatari capital of Doha in the most divisive climate ever to grip the six-nation organization. In what is a tangible sign of Riyadh's waning supremacy in the region, Saudi crown prince Abdullah Ibn Abd al Aziz, the defence minister Sultan Ibn Abd al Aziz and Jamil Hujailan, secretary-general of the GCC and former Saudi ambassador to Paris, have all failed to heal growing breaches between the Council's members.(...)
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