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GCC states meet in Jeddah to discuss Syria crisis
Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister urged Gulf states to mobilise their resources to help Syrians ‘defend themselves’ against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal (L) and Oman’s Minister in charge of foreign affairs, Yussef bin Alawi bin Abdullah (R), arrive to the conference hall to attend a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states meeting in the Saudi Red Sea port city of Jeddah on June 5, 2012. Prince Saud urged Gulf states to mobilise their resources to help Syrians ‘defend themselves’ against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime and to provide urgently needed economic aid to Yemen, where a year-long Arab Spring style uprising forced veteran leader Ali Abdullah Saleh out of power and plunged the already impoverished nation into a dire humanitarian crisis. (AFP/Getty Images)
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal (L) arrives at a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states meeting in the Saudi Red Sea port city of Jeddah on June 5, 2012. Prince Saud urged Gulf states to mobilise their resources to help Syrians ‘defend themselves’ against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime and to provide urgently needed economic aid to Yemen, where a year-long Arab Spring style uprising forced veteran leader Ali Abdullah Saleh out of power and plunged the already impoverished nation into a dire humanitarian crisis. (AFP/Getty Images)
Bahraini Foregin Minister Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed al-Khalifa (L) drinks Arabic coffee upon his arrival at the conference hall to attend a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states meeting in the Saudi Red Sea port city of Jeddah on June 5, 2012. Prince Saud urged Gulf states to mobilise their resources to help Syrians ‘defend themselves’ against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime and to provide urgently needed economic aid to Yemen, where a year-long Arab Spring style uprising forced veteran leader Ali Abdullah Saleh out of power and plunged the already impoverished nation into a dire humanitarian crisis. (AFP/Getty Images)
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal smiles at the start of ministerial meeting of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states in the Saudi Red Sea port city of Jeddah on June 5, 2012. Prince Saud urged Gulf states to mobilise their resources to help Syrians ‘defend themselves’ against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime and to provide urgently needed economic aid to Yemen, where a year-long Arab Spring style uprising forced veteran leader Ali Abdullah Saleh out of power and plunged the already impoverished nation into a dire humanitarian crisis. (AFP/Getty Images)
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) officials arrive at the conference hall where a GCC ministerial meeting was held on June 5, 2012 in the Saudi Red Sea port city of Jeddah. Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal urged Gulf states to mobilise their resources to help Syrians ‘defend themselves’ against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime and to provide urgently needed economic aid to Yemen, where a year-long Arab Spring style uprising forced veteran leader Ali Abdullah Saleh out of power and plunged the already impoverished nation into a dire humanitarian crisis. (AFP/Getty Images)
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary General Abdul Latif al-Zayni presides over a GCC member states ministerial meeting in the Saudi Red Sea port city of Jeddah on June 5, 2012. Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal urged Gulf states to mobilise their resources to help Syrians ‘defend themselves’ against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime and to provide urgently needed economic aid to Yemen, where a year-long Arab Spring style uprising forced veteran leader Ali Abdullah Saleh out of power and plunged the already impoverished nation into a dire humanitarian crisis. (AFP/Getty Images)
Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Khaled al-Sabah (C) attends a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states meeting in the Saudi Red Sea port city of Jeddah on June 5, 2012. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal urged Gulf states to mobilise their resources to help Syrians ‘defend themselves’ against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime and to provide urgently needed economic aid to Yemen, where a year-long Arab Spring style uprising forced veteran leader Ali Abdullah Saleh out of power and plunged the already impoverished nation into a dire humanitarian crisis. (AFP/Getty Images)
Bahraini Foregin Minister Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed al-Khalifa attends a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states meeting in the Saudi Red Sea port city of Jeddah on June 5, 2012. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal urged Gulf states to mobilise their resources to help Syrians ‘defend themselves’ against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime and to provide urgently needed economic aid to Yemen, where a year-long Arab Spring style uprising forced veteran leader Ali Abdullah Saleh out of power and plunged the already impoverished nation into a dire humanitarian crisis. (AFP/Getty Images)
