Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Jordan leaders convene emergency Jeddah summit — warn Iran attacks are 'dangerous escalation'

Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Jordan convened an emergency leaders' summit in Jeddah to coordinate their collective response to Iranian attacks on Gulf states and regional territory. The three countries issued statements warning that ongoing Iranian attacks, including strikes on civilian targets and critical infrastructure, represent a 'dangerous escalation.' The meeting comes amid a significant escalation in Iran's maritime and infrastructure campaign: Kuwait's Al-Salmi supertanker was struck in Dubai's port anchorage hours before the summit, Kuwait's desalination plant was attacked (killing one Indian worker), Saudi Arabia has intercepted multiple ballistic missile salvos targeting its Eastern Province, and Bahrain has activated air raid sirens repeatedly. The Jeddah summit represents the highest-level multilateral Gulf coordination since the conflict began on February 28. Saudi Arabia and Qatar have both hosted US military assets that Iran has explicitly targeted; Jordan has previously intercepted Iranian drones. The joint statement's language echoes the March 26 joint Gulf condemnation but elevates it to a leaders-level meeting. Al Jazeera's March 31 liveblog led with this summit as the top diplomatic development of the D32 cycle.