MANAMA, Oct. 19 -- Gulf foreign ministers asked the world on Sunday to treat the Houthis as a terrorist group and held Iran "fully responsible" for attacks on their states. The same communique backed mediation and said the Gulf must be in the room on any US-Iran deal.

The 168th session of the Gulf Cooperation Council's Ministerial Council met in Manama under Bahrain's foreign minister, Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, according to its final communique. A Russia-GCC strategic dialogue ran on the sidelines, where Moscow presented what TEH reported as the Lavrov Gulf security concept.

Saudi Arabia got the strongest language. The council declared "full solidarity" with the kingdom and backed "all measures it undertakes". It called the secur...