An influential US Congressman has said he would try to stop US arms sales to the [Persian] Gulf Cooperation Council ([P]GCC) until several regional Arab countries involved in a dispute with Qatar resolve their differences with Doha.
Republican Senator Bob Corker, the chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, made the remark on Monday.
The [P]GCC groups Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman.
Three of those countries, plus Egypt, have severed diplomatic ties and cut all land, sea, and air contacts with Qatar. The four accused Qatar of supporting terrorism, an allegation denied by Doha.
“All countries in the region need to do more to combat terrorism, but recent disputes among the GCC countries only serve to hurt efforts to fight ISIS and counter Iran,” Corker, who is known for his anti-Iran stances, wrote in a letter to US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
Corker is on a congressional group…