In an interview with Al Khaleej, MEI Visiting Research Professor Dr Abdullah Baabood confirms that the most notable mediations to end the Gulf dispute were from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries that did not participate in the crisis nor in the siege process. He highlights how the crisis has seriously damaged co-operation in the region, elaborating on the impacts of the Qatar Blockade and the Covid-19 pandemic. Read the full article in Arabic here.

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stands with other Foreign Ministers whose countries are members of the Gulf Cooperation Council following a meeting in January 2016, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Photo by the US State Department, Shared on Wikimedia Commons.