Israel and Middle Eastern allies are reportedly working to develop a joint defense system to shield their territories against Iranian missiles and drones.

Nearly two and a half years after his appointment as undersecretary, the Inspector General of the Ministry of Interior, Major General Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, has retired. But why should this "retirement" be seen as different from any other "retirement"?

On March 14, a house near the US consulate in Erbil was hit by a barrage of ballistic missiles in the early hours of dawn. It was not known at first who was the group that launched them, but Iraqi security agencies confirmed shortly after the incident that the missiles were fired from outside the border.

The Globes newspaper, quoting Israeli sources, reported that Morocco, the UAE and Bahrain all asked Israel for defensive weapons systems, noting that Tel Aviv is studying these requests.

The six-party summit, which was attended by four Arab foreign ministers, as well as the Foreign Ministers of the Israeli entity and the United States of America, concluded on Monday at the Sde Boker agricultural settlement in the occupied Negev, shortly after its launch, without issuing any joint statement.

Israel will soon appoint a military attache to the US Navy's Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, according to an Israeli diplomat on Monday.

The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale to Bahrain of M270 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems Upgrade and related equipment for an estimated cost of $176 million, the Pentagon said on Thursday.

Sayed Ahmed Al-Wadaei, the director of advocacy for the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (Bird), has written a letter to F1 president and chief executive officer Stefano Domenicali following the decision to award the Bahrain race a new 15-year contract.

: On Monday, Ali Al-Hajee, a prisoner in Bahrain, wrote to Lewis Hamilton explaining how the seven-times champion had made a difference.

CPJ said that during the US-Bahrain Strategic Dialogue, the US Secretary of State should call for the release of Abduljalil Al-Singace, Mahmoud Al-Jaziri and all other imprisoned journalists, demand accountability for Ahmed Ismail Hassan's death and call for an end to Bahrain's press freedom crackdown.

Lebanese Minister of Interior and Municipalities Basam Mawlawi, pledged in front of his Arab counterparts to crackdown on critics of the Gulf states, while Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa considered criticizing their policy through media outlets and seminars "terrorist acts".

A number of human rights pressure groups, including Fair Trials, Human Rights Watch and BIRD, have called on international policing agency Interpol to reform the way it handles ‘Red Notice' requests, following the recent extradition of Bahraini dissident Ahmed Jaafar Mohammed Ali from Serbia to Bahrain.

The Guardian newspaper said that "Ahmed Jaafar's case shows how anti-democratic regimes are increasingly able to target exiled dissidents, exporting their domestic crackdown on dissent. His extradition also provoked questions about the role of Interpol."

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday welcomed Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's historic visit to Bahrain.

Bahrain's foreign ministry confirmed in a statement on Saturday that an Israeli officer will be stationed in the country, according to the state news agency.

The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent a strongly-worded letter calling on Bahrain to free detained human rights activist, Abduljalil Al-Singace.

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, Bloomberg website stated.

Military ties between Israel and Bahrain are strengthening, and naval cooperation between regional countries under American leadership is one of the largest of its kind in the world, a senior American naval commander stated.

The Key Aero website, specialized in air force, said that Bahrain will be the first Gulf state to receive F-16 simulators produced by Lockheed Martin to train pilots for national defence missions under a new agreement.

A large maritime exercise kicked off in Bahrain on Tuesday under the US Navy command, with the participation of 60 countries, including Israel, Anadolu News Agency reports.