KUWAIT CITY: Gulf Arab states will hold a summit this week to discuss a controversial proposal to form an European Union-like coalition at a time of regional turmoil and fresh Iranian overtures.

Saudi Arabia and other oil-rich monarchies, already rattled by the turmoil unleashed by the 2011 Arab Spring, fear a landmark nuclear agreement reached last month could herald a wider rapprochement between the West and their regional rival Iran.

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