It’s likely that the Congress will reverse its disapproval of US fighter jet sales to Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain before Obama’s second term ends.

Reuters: The U.S. military has withdrawn from Saudi Arabia its personnel who were coordinating with the Saudi-led air campaign in Yemen...

Bahrain's Shiite religious leader Ayatollah Isa Qassim didn't attend his first court hearing to say that he doesn't recognize the regime's arbitrary decisions.

Reports said Bahraini authorities arrested human rights activist Ghada Jamsheer two days ago, while she was at Bahrain airport leaving the country.

Bahrain court held first hearing of Sheikh Hamza Al-Dairy’s trial, over charges of participating in open sit-in outside Ayatollah Qassim’s house.

Al-Dair residents announced that they won’t carry on Friday prayers, for second consecutive week, after “Al-Khaif” Mosque Imam was arrested and prosecuted.

Public Prosecution referred Sheikh Ali al-Jufairi to trial, after being accused of taking part in the Diraz open sit-in.

Bahraini authorities announced death of one of its soldiers involved in the Saudi-led war on Yemen.

Bahraini court handed down 1-year prison term to Shiite cleric Sheikh Ali Hmeidan, first verdict issued in relation to open Diraz sit-in.

Sayyed Ammar al-Hakim said he stressed on necessity to solve all issues in Bahrain through dialogue.

The security authorities released yesterday youth Mohammad Abdulamir Al-Arab (20 years) after his family lost contact with him since (August 9, 2016) as he was paying a visit to his hometown, Bani Jamra.

For the fifth consecutive week, the authorities have banned the Imam of Friday prayer from entering Diraz to perform the prayers, which made worshipers perform their prayers separately (without being led by the Imam).

The high criminal court renewed the detention of a defendant working in the Ministry of Interior for 15 days pending investigation over embezzlement.

The Sunni Waqf Endowment Directorate said that it summoned one of its preachers to inform him to stop preaching and sign a pledge to abide by the ethics of the religious discourse pursuant to the ministerial decision number 23/2009.

Bahrain’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned the shooting that targeted Qatif Police patrol in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, leading to the death of one soldier.

In an indirect response to the statement of the UN experts that was issued few days ago, Bahrain’s Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa denied the government’s targeting of Shia majority in the county.

A Bahraini court set (August 25, 2016) as a date to issue its verdict against Sayyed Majeed Al-Mashaal, the head of the largest Shiite institution, Ulama Islamic Council, after less than a month of his arrest.

A Bahraini court refused (on August 17, 2016) to release a Shiite cleric who suffers from health problems although the defence panel presented medical reports. The court adjourned his case until August 21.

A Bahraini court renewed the detention of Taiba Ismail for 15 more days over the charge of “insulting the king” through tweets. This means that she will spend two months in the pre-detention prison.

Public Prosecution decided to renew detention of Taiba Ismail for 15 additional days pending investigation, according to human rights activists.