Israeli FM headed to Bahrain to inaugurate embassy in Manama

The Israeli Foreign Ministry has also announced the start of direct flights between the two nations

Qatar, Bahrain set to resume flights

Prior to the suspension of flights in 2017, Doha and Manama launched up to 93 flights a week between the two states

Qatar, Bahrain to resume flights within days

Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE and Egypt have all taken steps to improve long-strained ties with Qatar

GCC rivalry nears its end as Qatar ready to restore ties with UAE

An anonymous source has said that ties between the two Gulf states could be fully restored within weeks

Qatar, Bahrain set to resume diplomatic relations

The foreign ministries of both countries revealed this development in separate statements

Bahraini crown prince meets with US Fifth Fleet commander

The meeting comes as Bahrain and other Gulf states seek to improve ties with Washington's rivals in Tehran

Iraq returns envoy to Bahrain after diplomatic misunderstanding

This comes after Manama accused the Bahraini chargé d'affaires of breaching diplomatic norms

Bahraini delegation set to visit Iran for bilateral talks

Bahrain severed diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic in 2016, yet recently has held talks with Tehran

Flights between Bahrain and Iran to resume ‘soon’: MP

Iranian officials announced that the Iranian and Bahraini embassies will soon be reopened on the heels of a Chinese-brokered rapprochement deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia

Iran and Bahrain held ‘secret talks’ to restore ties: Report

Iran’s political support for Bahrain’s persecuted Shia majority has prompted Bahraini claims of Iranian intervention

Bahraini protesters detained in Arab Spring anniversary demonstration

Anti-monarchy demonstrations began on February 14, 2011, and have been held on a regular basis ever since the popular uprising started

Bahrain sells island to Israeli company, continues normalization

The 2020 Abraham accords between Israel and Gulf states Bahrain and UAE has set in motion the normalization of relations with the Jewish state that continues today

Israeli army chief makes secret visit to Bahrain for US-organized summit

Bahrain is one of a handful of Arab states that have normalized ties with Tel Aviv

Bahrani, Qatari FMs meet in Saudi Arabia to establish bilateral talks

Talks concerning the revival of bilateral discussions between Doha and Manama were initially proposed during last year's Al-Ula GCC Summit in Riyadh

Bahraini citizens protest normalization with Israel, demand prisoner release

Bahrain has the most political prisoners in the Arab region, detaining over 15,000 people for their political views alone

Bahrain, Qatar set to resume direct flights

Both sides have reached an agreement between the civil aviation authorities, yet scheduling is still under review

Brutal torture of over a dozen prisoners inside Bahrain’s Jau Prison: Report

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights further noted that prisoners of conscience at Jau Prison were put on unfair trials

Israeli, Bahraini FM discuss expansion of bilateral ties

Cohen disclosed that the two foreign ministers had discussed the developments of several 'meaningful projects'

Israel, Bahrain, UAE discuss joint cyber defense scheme

The Abraham Accords signatories plan to equip themselves with a so-called 'Cyber Iron Dome'

Israel, Bahrain move forward with free trade agreement talks

Another round of discussions between delegates on both sides is set to take place later this month

Israeli president visits Bahrain in first historic trip

Hundreds of Bahrainis protested the visit of an Israeli official, as the Arab world continues to oppose any normalization efforts with Tel Aviv

Israel to expand regional activities with US army

The IDF said the joint high level meetings conducted between both nations focused on regional security issues

US to deploy 100 unmanned vessels in Persian Gulf

The US Forces Central Command chief called the development of “adversary drones” the greatest technological threat to regional security

India welcomes Syrian foreign minister for first time

In recent months, Syria has begun a rapprochement process with some of its neighbors following the US-sponsored war in 2011

Netanyahu reaches out to Bahraini PM to enhance relations

This comes a day after Netanyahu signed the documents needed to ratify the formation of a new government

Bahrain dissolves opposition party, activists boycott parliamentary election

Opposition groups decry that round 47 percent of the population in Bahrain lives in poverty as a result of the current legal system and the unequal distribution of wealth

UAE, Israel, Jordan renew deal for solar energy, desalinated water

The deal is one of many agreements that followed the signing of the Abraham Accords in 2020 between Israel, Bahrain, and the UAE

Pope Francis arrives in Bahrain and calls for respect for human rights

The visit is Pope Francis’s second to a Gulf Arab country, following his 2019 landmark trip to Abu Dhabi

Bahrain, Israel seek to reach free trade agreement by end of year

While economic cooperation with the UAE have taken off since the signing of the Abraham accords, Israel’s trade with Bahrain lags far behind, with total trade estimated at around $7.5 million

Bahrain uses political isolation laws against political opponents: rights group

Earlier this month, a Bahrain court sentenced eight anti-government activists to death