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Al-Araby
Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) toured the five smaller Gulf states between 6 December, when he visited Oman, and 10 December, when he arrived in Kuwait after stops in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, Qatar, and Bahrain. His travels occurred a week ahead of the annual leaders’ summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) at Diriyah, the historic heartland of the Al Saud, planned to take place on December 14. Just as 2021 began with a GCC summit in Saudi Arabia in the heritage site of Al-Ula on January 5, which saw the signing of an agreement that ended the nearly four-year-long blocka…