GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES

Regional Security Implications of the GCC Crisis

Sep 19, 2017 | 09:31 GMT

Saudi fighter jets perform at King Salman air base in Riyadh.

Saudi fighter jets perform at King Salman air base in Riyadh. The United States can only sell certain advanced weapons systems, such as fighter aircraft, through the Foreign Military Sales program.

(FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/Getty Images)

For decades, the six states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have been among the biggest buyers of U.S. weapons. But the recent dispute between Qatar and some of its GCC neighbors has led to an informal hold on all U.S. Foreign Military Sales to the bloc that will impact each of its members in some way....

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