Escalating Yemeni crisis casts doubt on GCC’s ability to douse Arab fires

Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh (C) attends a rally held by pro-government supporters in Sanaa. (Reuters photo)

By JAMES M. DORSEY
AL ARABIYA

The Gulf Cooperation Council’s faltering efforts to resolve Yemen’s four-month old crisis threaten the council’s hopes of establishing itself as an island of stability and a stabilizing force in the Middle East …