Will the Gulf states enter the Iran conflict?

The Gulf Cooperation Council – a six-member organisation including the UAE and Qatar – stressed on Sunday that the “option to respond to Iranian attacks” with force was very much “on the table”, said The Guardian.

Majed al-Ansari, spokesperson for Qatar’s foreign ministry, said the aggression from Iran “cannot go unanswered” and that a “price has to be paid for this attack on our people”.

The Gulf states “face a difficult choice”, said Samer Al-Atrush in The Times. Either they press...