The Middle East Situation

Two related issues were expected to predominate at the Gulf Cooperation Council's fifth summit, preparations for which were under way at MEES presstime: efforts to launch another mediation initiative in hopes of ending the Gulf war, and plans for a collective GCC defense strategy to face a possible spillover should the war continue. The convening in Amman on 22 November of the long-delayed Palestine National Council meeting, despite strenuous Syrian objections,...