Senior specialist, Pulmonologist, Intensivist and Sleep Physician, Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE. Obesity and OSA in Gulf Cooperative Council Countries: Another Gulf War Syndrome. Intensive ministerial and administrative efforts should be taken in order to prevent obesity, educate general population and on the early diagnosis and treatment of obesity, OSA, and other consequent medical problems in order to curb the numbers of these curable diseases in GCC.