GCC to set up joint naval force

Kuwait City, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is mulling the establishment of a joint naval force as a precautionary step to protect the waters of the Gulf from potential terror threats, a senior Kuwaiti official said Wednesday. The new marine force is intended to combat terror and protect the Gulf commercial routes in coordination with foreign navies, such as those from NATO, the state-owned Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) quoted an advisor at the Kuwaiti Ministry of Defens...

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Opinion: It is Safer to be Skeptical than Naive

Yet again, Washington has turned down all calls for safe havens and no-fly zones in Syria’s border areas. It has thus far refused to answer a vital question: If it really believes that “Bashar Al-Assad has no place in the future of Syria,” then what practical steps is it taking to prevent Assad’s militia, along with its sectarian non-Syrian allies, from re-occupying the territories we are promised will be liberated from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and other extremist group...

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