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  • Bahrain, Israel step up security cooperation, citing Iranian threat

    Israeli Prime Minister Nafatali Bennett has visited Bahrain for the first time since the two countries normalized relations through the 2020 Abraham Accords. Security cooperation against Iran was a prominent feature of discussions between the Israeli premier and Bahraini leadership. Bennett’s visit follows the signing of a joint security cooperation pact between Manama and Tel Aviv earlier this month.

  • US ambassador angers Bahrain days after receiving credentials

    Moves of the new US ambassador to Bahrain Steven Bondy and his meeting with a number of representatives from the civil society angered Manama, who considered that such moves do not conform to international standards. Bondy, who presented his credentials to King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa on February 9, was summoned by Bahraini Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday.

  • Bahrain’s Investcorp acquires 64 industrial properties worth $640m in the US

    Bahrain’s Investcorp, an alternative assets manager, has acquired 64 industrial properties in the US for $640m. The properties total approximately 5.6 million square feet across seven major US markets including Chicago, Illinois; Dallas, Texas; the New York metro; Atlanta, Georgia; Houston, Texas; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and St. Louis, Missouri.

  • Health e-passport launched for travel between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain

    It will help verify and match traveler information across the King Fahd Causeway for citizens and residents of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain for COVID-19 health requirements. The health passport was introduced by the SDAIA in January last year and has since been enhanced to display a PCR result and travel insurance policy for coronavirus risks.

  • Israeli Navy officer to be permanently stationed in Bahrain – report

    An Israeli Navy officer will be permanently stationed in Bahrain, the first time an IDF officer is set to be stationed in an Arab state, multiple media sources reported. The senior navy officer, who is expected to arrive in the Gulf state over the next few weeks, will be entrusted with maintaining communications with the US Navy’s 5th fleet, which is based in Bahrain.

  • F1 to race in Bahrain until 2036

    The Bahrain Grand Prix will remain on the Formula One calendar until at least 2036, F1's chief executive said on Friday, in a deal that secures the event's long-term future. The Gulf island kingdom, which held its first race in 2004, is set to host this year’s season opener on March 20, having also hosted the first round last year.

  • Bahrain Plans to Offer Permanent Residence Permits to Some Foreigners

    Bahrain’s cabinet approved plans to offer permanent residence to some foreigners and their families as part of the Gulf nation’s plans to bolster its economy. The visa “will help enhance the competitiveness of the Kingdom of Bahrain and support the development of various sectors, such as economic, investment and services,” Bahrain News Agency reported.

  • Cash-strapped Bahrain faces uproar over VAT hike

    The tax increase also comes against the backdrop of growing taxation in the region. For example, because of the economic repercussions of the Covid-19 pandemic and the previous decline in oil prices, Saudi Arabia has increased its VAT rate from 5% to 15%, Oman imposed a VAT of 15% in Apr. 2021, and the United Arab Emirates has applied a 5% VAT rate since Jan. 2018.

  • Qatari, Omani, Kuwaiti and Bahraini forces arrive in Saudi Arabia for GCC security exercise

    In a statement carried earlier by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the Saudi Ministry of Interior on Tuesday said "the exercise aims to strengthen the bonds of cooperation between the Gulf Cooperation Council countries in the security field and raise the level of coordination and the degree of readiness of the security services to confront crises and emergencies and to address all threats and risks to the Arabian Gulf region.”

  • Bahrain appoints first ambassador to Damascus in a decade

    Bahrain appointed its first ambassador to Damascus on Thursday since it downgraded ties early in the conflict in Syria. The appointment of Waheed Mubarak Sayyar, reported by Bahrain's state news agency BNA, is part of a diplomatic shift in the Middle East as a growing number of Arab countries revive ties with President Bashar al-Assad. read more Gulf Arab states downgraded or shut missions in Damascus after the Syrian government used force against the 2011 protests that developed into war. Bahrain has said its embassy, and the Syrian diplomatic mission in Manama, have remained operational.