While its Gulf state neighbors — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and UAE are all oil-rich monarchies, Yemen has not been ruled by king since the 1960s. ..…

This pattern has been striking Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and other nations that are members of Gulf Cooperation Council, regional political and economic union.. ..…

The Arab bloc comprises Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. . Hezbollah later denounced the designation and described the [Persian] Gulf Cooperation Council member states as “reckless and hostile.” . ..…

In the Middle East and North Africa, the continued migration of Christians into the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates) is expected to offset the exodus of Christians from other countries in the region.7 If..…

For example, all six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries release information on the age distribution of citizens and non-citizens, but only Bahrain further breaks down this information by Muslims and non-Muslims.84 For this reason, age distribution estimates for citizens and..…

Iran, a country with a population of 80 million and the largest military in the region untouched by war in the past 25 years, might retaliate with missiles aimed toward Israel and toward nearby U.S. military bases in Afghanistan, Turkey, Bahrain and Qatar. Iran could block the Straits of Hormuz and..…

The six countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates) also have large populations of foreign-born residents, ranging from about a quarter to more than 80% of each country’s total population. ..…

March 21, 2013. 1 account of Shia uprising can be found Toby Matthiesen's coming book Sectarian Gulf Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Arab Spring That Was not, early draft of. ..…