![Leaders pose for a photo during the closing session of the 37th Leaders Summit by Gulf Cooperation Council member states at Al-Sakhir Palace in Manama, Bahrain on December 7 2016 [Stringer /Anadolu Agency ]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/20161207_2_20562693_16755478-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C735&ssl=1)
Closing session of the 37th Leaders Summit by Gulf Cooperation Council member states in Manama, Bahrain on December 6, 2016. ( Stringer – Anadolu Agency )
King of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (C) attends the closing session of the 37th Leaders Summit by Gulf Cooperation Council member states at Al-Sakhir Palace in Manama, Bahrain on December 07, 2016. ( Stringer – Anadolu Agency )
![Secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani (C) attends the closing session of the 37th Leaders Summit by GCC in Bahrain on December 7 2016 [Stringer /Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/20161207_2_20562693_16755474.jpg?w=385&h=233&ssl=1 "37th Gulf Cooperation Council Leaders summit in Bahrain")
GCC leaders gather in Bahrain on December 7 2016 [Stringer /Anadolu Agency]
![King of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa attends the closing session of the 37th Leaders Summit by Gulf Cooperation Council member states in Manama, Bahrain on 7 December 2016 [Stringer/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/20161207_2_20562693_16755475.jpg?w=301&h=291&ssl=1 "37th Gulf Cooperation Council Leaders summit in Bahrain")
King of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa attends the closing session of the 37th Leaders Summit by Gulf Cooperation Council member states in Manama, Bahrain on 7 December 2016 [Stringer/Anadolu Agency]
King of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa attends the closing session of the 37th Leaders Summit by Gulf Cooperation Council member states in Manama, Bahrain on 7 December 2016 [Stringer/Anadolu Agency]
![King of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (R) attends the closing session of the 37th Leaders Summit by Gulf Cooperation Council member states at Al-Sakhir Palace in Manama, Bahrain on 7 December, 2016 [Stringer/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/20161207_2_20562693_16755477-scaled.jpg?w=436&h=291&ssl=1 "37th Gulf Cooperation Council Leaders summit in Bahrain")
King of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (R) attends the closing session of the 37th Leaders Summit by Gulf Cooperation Council member states at Al-Sakhir Palace in Manama, Bahrain on 7 December, 2016 [Stringer/Anadolu Agency]
![Leaders pose for a photo during the closing session of the 37th Leaders Summit by Gulf Cooperation Council member states at Al-Sakhir Palace in Manama, Bahrain on December 7 2016 [Stringer /Anadolu Agency ]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/20161207_2_20562693_16755478-scaled.jpg?w=563&h=345&ssl=1 "37th Gulf Cooperation Council Leaders summit in Bahrain")
Leaders pose for a photo during the closing session of the 37th Leaders Summit by Gulf Cooperation Council member states at Al-Sakhir Palace in Manama, Bahrain on December 7 2016 [Stringer /Anadolu Agency ]
![King of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (4th R), Vice president and prime minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Emir of Dubai, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (3rd R), Deputy Prime Minister of the Sultanate of Oman, Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud al Said (4th L), British Prime Minister Theresa May (5th R), Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah IV Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (2nd L), Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (3rd L), Secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani (R), King of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (5th L) and Crown Prince of Bahrain Salman Bin Al Hamad Al Khalifa (2nd R) pose for a photo during the closing session of the 37th Leaders Summit by Gulf Cooperation Council member states at Al-Sakhir Palace in Manama, Bahrain on December 07, 2016. [ Stringer - Anadolu Agency ]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/20161207_2_20562693_16755479-e1549965123480.jpg?w=629&h=345&ssl=1 "37th Gulf Cooperation Council Leaders summit in Bahrain")
King of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (4th R), Vice president and prime minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Emir of Dubai, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (3rd R), Deputy Prime Minister of the Sultanate of Oman, Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud al Said (4th L), British Prime Minister Theresa May (5th R), Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah IV Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (2nd L), Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (3rd L), Secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani (R), King of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (5th L) and Crown Prince of Bahrain Salman Bin Al Hamad Al Khalifa (2nd R) pose for a photo during the closing session of the 37th Leaders Summit by Gulf Cooperation Council member states at Al-Sakhir Palace in Manama, Bahrain on December 07, 2016. [ Stringer – Anadolu Agency ]