Kuwait is trying to launch a new initiative to mediate between Egypt, the GCC countries and Qatar through focusing on “specific measures that would ‘facilitate the start of an open dialogue,’” Gulf News reports. “Kuwait is very keen to resolve the dispute within the framework of the Gulf, especially that all parties have stressed on more than one occasion that Kuwait’s mediation is the only one that is internationally recognized and that can achieve the desired results and lead to direct dialogue between the states involved in the crisis,” sources said. US envoys are also trying to resolve the dispute and are looking to shift the focus away from the 13 conditions demanded by the Saudi-led alliance, a source told Bloomberg. The US will instead try to focus on the six broad principles that include combating terrorism. Kuwait’s Arab Times also has the story.