AP:

Royals from Gulf Arab countries met on Thursday in Saudi Arabia to discuss regional security and try and formulate a unified voice on rival Iran.

The meeting in Riyadh included the defense, interior and foreign ministers of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council, a tightly allied bloc led by Saudi Arabia that also includes the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain.

A joint statement after the meeting said the ministers discussed ways to enhance cooperation to combat terrorism, including efforts to build up a military alliance of Muslim-majority countries. The alliance of mostly Sunni countries was announced by Saudi Arabia in late 2015 and doesn’t include Shiite-ruled Iran, or Syria and Iraq.

Bahrain’s Interior Minister Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa accused Iran in his opening remarks of being behind attacks that have killed security forces in the island nation.

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