RIYADH: Gulf state leaders called on Tuesday for greater regional economic and defense integration as the annual GCC summit in Riyadh came to a close. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who chaired the meeting, stressed the importance of Gulf unity in the face of security challenges. “We continue to make all efforts to enhance security in the region,” he said. “We laud
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Qatar Airways resumed flights through Saudi
airspace on January 7, with the first plane flying from Doha to Johannesburg. Qatar Airways employees wait at the boarding counter ahead of the first flight bound for Cairo after the resumption of flights between Qatar and Egypt, at Qatar s Hamad International Airport near the capital Doha on January 18, 2021. Egypt reopened its airspace to Qatari flights on January 18 following a thaw in relations between Doha and a Saudi-led bloc. Egypt in June 2017 joined Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain in cutting ties with Qatar, accusing it of being too close to Iran and backing the Muslim Brotherhood, seen by Cairo and its Gulf allies as a terrorist group. Qatar has denied the charges. / AFP / KARIM JAAFAR