Peninsula Shield Force

The Peninsula Shield Force (or Peninsula Shield; Arabic: دِرْعُ الجَزيرَة, romanized: Dirʿ al-Jazīra) is the military arm of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). It is intended to deter, and respond to military aggression against any of the GCC member countries: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.

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