Iranian Parliamentary Director General for International Affairs and Assistant to Parliament Speaker, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, said that Bahrain’s king could have built constructive relations with his people, if it wasn't for Saudi Arabia's military occupation of Bahrain.

Bahraini Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa today held a meeting with the Qatari Amir and discussed bilateral relations. Bahraini Crown Prince, Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, met today the Crown Prince of Kuwait and discussed ways to enhance bilateral collaboration across a wide range of areas.

Emirates News Agency said that Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, inspected the UAE’s forces as part of the "Waves of the Gulf Duty" force in the Kingdom of Bahrain and delivered the regards of President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, to the visiting force.

Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior said that the one-stop crossing on the private lane of the King Fahad Causeway that links Bahrain to Saudi Arabia is to be enforced from March 6 as part of a three-month experimental phase.

The Bahraini Government said in its third National Universal Periodic Review of Human Rights Report to be discussed in May 2017 that it is facing challenges represented in attempts by some to exploit human rights issues, unfairly, as a front to achieve their narrow political aims.

For the people of Bahrain, a key US ally, the new US president’s dissimilar direction in foreign policy from his predecessor Obama may cause for alarm or hope.

Human Rights Watch criticized Bahraini government’s approach to adopt a law enabling military courts to try civilians, considering it a violation of international fair trial standards.

Amnesty International said in its 2016 annual report about the human rights situation in Bahrain that the authorities tightened restrictions on the rights to freedom of expression and association and continued to curtail the right to peaceful assembly. They detained and charged several human rights defenders and banned others from travelling abroad, dissolved the main opposition group and stripped more than 80 people of their Bahraini citizenship, forcibly expelling four.

Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said that the major challenge to the Middle East is Iran, accusing it of undermining stability in every country in the Middle East.

Concerns in Congress and the human rights community are high that Trump team is planning to approve multibillion-dollar sale of fighter jets to Bahrain without any conditions, reported the Washington Post.

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that conflicts in Iraq, Syria and Bahrain do not have military solutions, adding that each requires a political solution.

Gulf Arab states are poised to continue to spend billions of dollars on defence despite low oil prices causing severe budget deficits forcing Gulf States to introduce austerity measures and cut spending.

Bahrain’s public debt continued to rise reaching 8.68 billion BD in November 2016, which constitutes 72% of the Gross domestic product (GDP).

The European Parliament strongly condemned the executions of three people in Bahrain on 15 January 2017, and the executions of seven people by the Kuwaiti authorities on 25 January 2017.

Bahrain witnessed heavy rains on the night of Thursday (February 16, 2017) which caused flooded streets.

Hundreds of citizens continued their open-ended sit-in held outside the house of the spiritual leader of Shia majority Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, on the night of Thursday (February 16, 2017) despite the heavy rains the country is witnessing since 2 days.

Hundreds of citizens continued their open-ended sit-in held outside the house of the spiritual leader of Shia majority Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, on the night of Thursday (February 16, 2017) despite the heavy rains the country is witnessing since 2 days.

Marking sixth anniversary of Bahrain’s February 14 uprising, thousands took to the streets across the country on Tuesday (February 14, 2017).

Al-Wefaq Deputy Secretary General, Sheikh Hussein al-Daihi addressed a televised speech on the occasion of the February 14 revolution’s 6th anniversary, in which he confirmed the need for serious political negotiations under the auspices of the UN, which should result in a popular referendum.

Bahraini Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa and Saudi Crown Prince, Interior Minister Mohammad bin Nayef Al Saud, discussed in Riyadh economic cooperation between countries, and potential facilities for investors’ procedures.