     January 2021     GCC and Egypt sign the “Al-Ula Declaration”, ending the Qatar boycott           On 5 January 2021, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and the rest of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states, along with Egypt, signed the âAl-Ula Declarationâ at the 41st GCC Summit held in the city of Al-Ula, paving the way…
On 15 July 2020, the U.S. and Gulf Cooperation Council (âGCCâ)-led Terrorist Financing Targeting Center (âTFTCâ) designated six targets affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (âISISâ), including an entity allegedly posing as a charity (and its director) based in Afghanistan that allegedly provided support to ISISâ branch in that country, ISIS-Khorasan (âISIS-Kâ). The entities that were designated are: Al Haram ExchangeTawasul CompanyAl-Khalidi ExchangeNejaat Social Welfare Organization Five of these targets (which includes…
On 3 October 2017, Bahrain notified the WTOâs Committee on Safeguards that the GCCâs competent authority initiated on 20 September 2017 a safeguard investigation on prepared additives for cements, mortars or concretes (chemical plasticizers).