The story: The summit held in Saudi Arabia’s Al Ula governorate on January 5, a diplomatic breakthrough towards ending the rift between Qatar and the “Quartet”, continues to dominate media coverage across the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Aside from denouncing Iran’s regional policies, the final statement of the summit emphasised the key relationship between Morocco and the GCC.

The coverage: Optimism has prevailed in the main Gulf outlets, on both sides of the GCC dispute. The final text of the Al Ula agreement was made publicly available on the GCC's main website, among many Gulf media platforms...