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The defense ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council approved on Tuesday the opening of an advanced headquarters for the bloc's Unified Military Command in Kuwait, along with the assignment of appropriate forces to it. GCC Secretary-General Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi, speaking after the ministers' meeting in Manama, Bahrain, pointed to what he called heinous Iranian attacks and said the security of the Gulf states is a shared responsibility. The decision came hours after the Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted missiles and a drone fired by the Iran-backed Houthis at targets in Saudi Arabia.