The Persian Gulf remains at the centre of Middle Eastern politics. Developments, such as the beginning of the Saudi-Iran rapprochement in March 2023, had a cascading effect on the regional situation. The Persian Gulf countries continued to play a proactive role in Middle Eastern politics through their mediating roles, their ability to finance mega developmental projects, and attract global business corporations, as well as through leveraging regional multilateral organisations. Hopes for expansion of the Abraham Accords, especially the back-channel talks between Saudi Arabia and Israel, were shattered by the 7 October 2023 attacks on Israel by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the ensuing Israel-Hamas War. Fears of expansion of the war became real as Hezbollah in Lebanon joined the fighting against Israel while Iran and Israel exchanged direct missile attacks. Amidst the cascading tensions, the Persian Gulf region got entangled in the conflict due to Houthis targeting of international shipping in the Red Sea and the Iranian involvement, causing the GCC countries to seek neutrality and voice their concerns on ending the war and lowering regional tensions. The situation impacted Saudi Arabia’s ability to wriggle out of the conflict in Yemen, which it has been trying since 2022. It is within these regional upheavals one locates the relations between India and the Persian Gulf countries.