Doha, Qatar: Under the patronage of Minister of Interior and Commander of the Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya), H E Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Qatar is set to host the Joint Tactical Exercise of the security agencies of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Arabian Gulf Security 4) from January 25 to February 4, 2026.
Participating in this drill are security apparatuses and forces from the GCC states, along with professional security units from the United States of America, with the objective of sharing expertise and experiences in dealing with various incidents and scenarios.
The organisation of this drill is part of the efforts marshalled to enhance the Gulf security cooperation system, elevate readiness, and strengthen joint coordination to keep pace with the evolving nature of security challenges, in addition to bolstering the effective and rapid response capabilities to emergency crises and incidents based on the best approved practices and criteria.
The exercise broadly comprises joint training programmes simulating an array of realistic scenarios, offering a test for operational measures and plans, enhancing the efficiency of field coordination and integrated roles among the participating units and forces, supporting the exchange of expertise, and reinforcing readiness to genuinely and professionally handle a wide diversity of cases and circumstances.
The drill’s supreme organising committee has accomplished the arrangements in terms of essential organization, training, and logistics for the participating forces, thereby conducting the exercise’s events across several sites in accordance with the highest security, safety, and efficiency standards.
These primed preparations will genuinely ensure the integration of the training components to be further adapted to the set objectives, thereby contributing to strengthening readiness and developing coordination and collaboration capabilities among the participating forces.
The Qatari supreme committee organising this drill applauded the participation of the GCC countries and the United States of America in this event on Qatar’s soil.
It emphasised that this exercise represents a consequential milestone to advance security coordination mechanisms, as well as levels of alertness, in alignment with the GCC states’ aspirations toward a more integrated and effective security system, in pursuit of strengthening the security and stability of the region.
