Saudi Arabia and the GCC unified military forcenote

Saudi Lt-General Eid Bin Awadh Al-Shalawi was appointed as Commander of the GCC Unified Military Command (UMC). His appointment was welcomed by the GCC leaders at their meeting on 9/12/18 in Riyadh.



The GCC UMC is said to be now working on a project to set up a 50000-strong force, most of its personnel come from the Royal Saudi Land Forces (UAELF) and the UAE Land Forces (UAELF).



Tactical Report has prepared a 440-word report to shed more light on this force, its personnel and equipment.

[Fully reproduced in TR Weekly Issue No 25/50 – Dec. 14, 2018]