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  • GCC Cooperation
    Bahrain hosts GCC counterterrorism exercises

    The training drill was named “Arab Gulf Security One” and according to Bahrain’s Interior Minister Lieutenant-General Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, one of the main reasons behind the exercise is to send a “message that the six GCC states support each other against any threat.”

  • Bahrain
    Bahrain hosts counter-terror drills for Arab Gulf nations

    Security forces from all six Arab Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have been carrying out a series of counter-terrorism exercises, codenamed Arab Gulf Security 1.

  • “Bridge 17”
    Saudi, Bahraini navies in joint exercise

    The royal Saudi and Bahraini navies started, Saturday joint maneuvers in Shaikh Salman port in Bahrain. The exercises named “Bridge 17” aim to raise the “combat capability, enhance the professional performance in all types of naval operations and the unification of the tactical concepts of command and control” according to a commander who participates in the maneuvers.

  • Bahrain
    Bahrain’s Lockheed F-16 Buy Said to Come With U.S. Strings

    The Obama administration has told Congress it won’t complete approval for Bahrain to buy as many as 19 F-16 fighter jets from Lockheed Martin Corp. and upgrades for older ones for almost $4 billion until the Gulf ally demonstrates progress on human rights, according to people familiar with the issue.

  • U.S. Jet Sales
    White House Approves Jet Sales to Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait: Corker

    he package reportedly includes 72 Boeing F-15E Strike Eagles for Qatar and up to 40 Boeing F/A-18 E/F Super Hornets for Kuwait. Bahrain’s package includes Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters.

  • Gulf Bridges
    Proposed bridges between Saudi and Bahrain, Qatar expected in near future

    The proposed developments were covered in a working paper to highlight future cooperation between the Gulf states presented by Al-Malham during a conference in Qatar in May.

  • Rio Olympics
    Bahrain’s gold-medal Olympic track team is almost entirely made up of Africans

    Switching alliances isn’t new in the world of sport as athletes seek out better pay, endorsements, a less competitive field, or better-run sports programs, as Quartz has pointed out.

  • Kuwait
    Kuwaiti MP sentenced for 14 years for insulting Saudi and Bahrain

    Kuwait has handed one of its parliamentarians, Abdul-Hamid Dashti, to 11 years and six months in prison for insulting Saudi Arabia and a seperate sentence for insulting Bahrain, local Arabic daily Al-Qabas reported.

  • Bahrain
    Bahrain: Journalist Faces Prosecution, Travel Ban

    A Bahrain prosecutor on July 17, 2016, charged a correspondent for a French media outlet with violating the country’s licensing law for journalists, Human Rights Watch said today. The criminal charges against the journalist, Nazeeha Saeed, who has covered Bahrain’s domestic unrest for France 24 since 2009, violate her right to free expression and further undermines media freedom in Bahrain.

  • Fighter Jet Sales
    US Lawmakers Urge Action on Jet Sales to Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain

    A group of Republican lawmakers is pressing the White House to approve long-delayed fighter jet sales to Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar and open up about why it has taken so long.