Things in the Middle East may be getting even spicier than they already were. On Sunday, Fox News correspondent Bret Baier too to his X account with a report that a coalition of Persian Gulf states is preparing to join the fight against Iran. If this is true, as someone once said, it’s a big freakin’ deal.
The Gulf Cooperation Council of Arab States (GCC) – signals they may start “aggressive operations” in response to Iranian attacks on member states — a signal Saudi Arabia, UAE and others are prepared to take offensive military action against Iran to defend their security.
“They…— Bret Baier (@BretBaier) March 1, 2026
The post concludes:
“They will take all necessary measures to defend their security and stability and protect their territories, citizens, and residents, including the option of responding to the aggression.”
The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, also known as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has six members: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Saudi Crown Prince’s government has already summoned the Iranian ambassador, according to the Times of Israel.
Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry says it summoned the Iranian ambassador, a day after the kingdom accused Tehran of targeting its territory with strikes.
“Foreign Ministry summons the Iranian ambassador to the Kingdom in response to Iran’s brazen attacks that targeted the Kingdom and a number of brotherly countries,” the ministry says in a statement on its X account.
Some of the Arab Gulf states are no doubt displeased about being the target of unprovoked Iranian attacks, not to mention Iran’s having been a destabilizing force in the region for nearly the last half-century.
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It gets better. Some of the same European nations that, only Saturday, were wringing their hands over Iran’s theocracy being dismantled by American and Israeli explosives, are now starting to dial in their forces, at least to adopt a defensive posture. That’s prudent; it’s unknown who the remaining Iranian thugs may lash out at next.
Also on Sunday, the Joint E3 nations (The United Kingdom, France, and Germany) took a (written) swipe at Iran as well.
E3 leaders are appalled by the indiscriminate and disproportionate missile attacks launched by Iran against countries in the region, including those who were not involved in initial US and Israeli military operations. Iran’s reckless attacks have targeted our close allies and are threatening our service personnel and our civilians across the region.
We call on Iran to stop these reckless attacks immediately. We will take steps to defend our interests and those of our allies in the region, potentially through enabling necessary and proportionate defensive action to destroy Iran’s capability to fire missiles and drones at their source.
We have agreed to work together with the US and allies in the region on this matter.
British forces on Cyprus have already been warned of an
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— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) March 1, 2026
So, what does all this mean?
First of all, as noted above, several of the Gulf states aren’t happy about Iran suddenly launching missiles at them, even though relatively little damage was done. Also, there’s a long history between the Arab states and Iran (Persia) that goes back thousands of years, and nobody should think for a moment that anyone in the region has forgotten that.
Second, in one day, three key European powers, the UK, France, and Germany, seem to have changed course. There’s no real indication that they are about to send aircraft over Iran to join the party, but their stance on Sunday is a far cry from what it was on Saturday, perhaps in part because the British, at least, obviously have some evidence of a threat to their forces, and that threat would have come from Iran.
Things in the Middle East are getting very interesting indeed. The Islamic Republic is growing increasingly isolated. The people are in the streets. It’s looking more and more like the old regime is going down.
The fat lady may not be singing yet. But she’s sure as heck warming up in the wings. Stay tuned; we’ll be back with any new developments.
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