Gulf Arab states cautiously backed the Obama administration’s nuclear agreement with Iran , giving the White House a potentially important diplomatic win as it seeks to build support for its signature foreign-policy initiative. The positive response from the Gulf Cooperation Council—which is composed of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain—followed months of intense lobbying by the White House that included offers of increased arms sales, intelligence-sharing and military training. Secretary of State John Kerry held a daylong summit on Monday with the council’s foreign ministers to explain the terms of the nuclear agreement and the need for increased cooperation between Washington and the GCC to guard against Iran expanding its influence in the region. “This was the best option amongst other options in order to try to come up with a solution for the nuclear weapons of Iran though dialogue, and this came […]