A retrospective of our coverage of 2020's leading stories
The GCC has invited Qatar's emir in an effort to smooth relations between Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Kingdom.
The US has approved a number of arms sales to countries in the Middle East amid objections to their records on human rights.
Saudi King Salman invited Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to a much-anticipated GCC summit in Riyadh, according to reports.
A 27-year-old from Kuwait's stateless Bidoon community attempted to set himself alight over dire living conditions, local media have reported.
Saudi Arabia announced a range of developmental projects in Yemen, including a new medical and educational city and the rehabilitation of Aden International Airport.
Kuwait's Criminal Court has sentenced at least five government officials and employees to prison in two separate cases involving seizing public money.
The suspension of commercial passenger flights has been extended by Saudi authorities over concerns of a new variant of the coronavirus.
Foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Oman and Kuwait took part in the meeting hosted by Manama, while Qatar was represented by its minister of state for foreign affairs.
The results are the first to be announced for Sinovac's experimental vaccine, of which Turkey has secured 50 million doses, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said.