Arab leaders attend Gulf Summit in Saudi Arabia

Arab Gulf leaders attend a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit in Riyadh, without the presence of Qatar's emir who decided to skip the summit. Qatar is locked in a bitter dispute with Saudi Arabia that has fractured the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and it has sent the minister of state for foreign affairs, Sultan al-Muraikhi instead to the gathering of heads of state.
The GCC was founded in 1980 as a bulwark against bigger neighbors Iran and Iraq, but the protracted row has undermined its role in regional affairs. (AFP/REUTERS)