The joint naval force will work towards protecting the Gulf’s commercial routes while cooperating with other international security forces to combat terrorism.
The group was convicted of embracing militant ideology, the possession of ammunition in their apartment and firing on security services during a raid on their apartment in Mecca, killing one security officer.
Zainab al-Khawaja was accused of insulting King Hamad by tearing up his picture, her lawyer said.
Last year a prosecutor said he was seeking to convict Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr for “aiding terrorists” and “waging war on God”, which carry the death penalty.
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE recalled their ambassadors to Qatar in March, accusing Doha of failing to abide by an accord not to interfere in each other’s internal affairs.
Shi’ite Muslim Iran and Sunni Saudi Arabia are enmeshed in a struggle for influence across the Middle East and they support opposing sides in political disputes across the region.
Strikes destroyed a machine gun firing position, a militant unit, damaged a staging location and several buildings.
The motion due for debate in Britain’s lower house of parliament will ask parliamentarians whether they believe the government should recognise the state of Palestine.
Among countries offering reconstruction aid for Gaza, Qatar offered $1 billion, Kuwait and UAE promised $200 million each and Turkey pledged $200 million.
The U.S.-led coalition escalated air strikes on Islamic State in and around Kobani, also known as Ayn al-Arab, last week.
Qatar has provided around $7.5 billion in loans and grants during ex-president Mohammed Mursi’s year in power.
The current strategy requires Western patience that grows thinner with each headline of gruesome Islamic State atrocities or videos depicting beheadings of American or British hostages.
Rajab is accused of “insulting the the Interior and Defence Ministries” through his social media account.
The attack occurred just hours after a showdown between the Houthis and President Abd-Rabbu Mansour led to the resignation of PM Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak.
Biden earlier apologised to Turkey and the UAE for saying that regional US allies were partly to blame for the rise of IS in Syria.
Prince Alwaleed said he was “impressed” by Narendra Modi’s speech when he was in the US.
Except for eight strikes against the Khorasan Group in Syria, all have been against Islamic State militants.
Yeganeh Salehi, Tehran correspondent for the UAE English language newspaper, The National, was freed last week and is said to be in good health.
State news agency WAM said on Sunday that Biden had telephoned Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nehayan, who is also the deputy supreme commander of the UAE armed forces, over the comments.
Joe Biden said that the Middle East had provided money and weapons to Al Nusra and Al Qaeda.
Rajab was freed in May after two years in jail on charges of organising and participating in illegal protests.
The unit, which will include several aircraft, has been deployed to deal with sudden contingencies, said Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby.
GCC states would not “stand idly” in front of foreign intervention, the ministers said in a statement after the meeting late on Wednesday in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah.
The Ministry said that Nabeel Rajab was summoned for questioning on Wednesday “regarding tweets posted on his Twitter account that denigrated government institutions”.
The policeman was shot and wounded by unknown assailants while stationed at a checkpoint at the entrance to the town of al-Awamiya late on Monday night.
Kuwait-born Saad Al-Ajmi, spokesman of the nationalist opposition Popular Action Movement, was one of 18 people to have their citizenship removed.
Intensifying the scale of operations against the militants could send costs soaring to between $13 billion and $22 billion annually, analysts say.
BNA news agency said the court found the nine men – who are all Bahraini-born Shi’ites – guilty of smuggling weapons, including explosives, into the country in a case that dates back to 2013.
The U.N. Security Council last month named six people who would be subject to asset freezes because of their links to the Islamists and threatened sanctions against those who financed the insurgents.
The extremist organisation “can and will” be defeated militarily, the UAE Vice-President and Prime Minister wrote in a column.