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Some 100 political detainees are thought to be among the 340 inmates released from Jau Prison on 23 September, in what is the third major wave of prisoner releases this year.

Bapco Energies has sold a minority stake in the pipeline that brings Saudi crude to the Bahrain Refinery and, in a separate deal, bought out its minority partners to take full control of Bapco Gas.

Crown Prince Salman Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa has made a number of changes to the EDB’s board of directors, bringing in his son and Labour Fund chief Sheikh Isa Bin Salman while letting the king’s economic advisor Hassan Fakhro go.

Abdulwahid Qarata won a run-off vote on 14 September, coming from behind to beat Ibrahim Al-Sheikh who had topped the poll in the first round of voting a week earlier.

King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa pardoned 457 inmates by royal decree on 4 September, to mark his silver jubilee on the throne.

Qatar’s ambassador to Bahrain Sultan Ali Yousef Mohammed Al-Khater presented his credentials to Bahrain’s King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa further cementing the resumption of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

In late July, just as the UAE was wrapping up several of its latest bilateral free trade deals, a GCC delegation was in Ankara from 29-31 July for the first round of discussions on a free trade deal with Türkiye.  That was soon followed on 1 August by the official launch of negotiations on a free trade agreement between the GCC and Indonesia.

Bahrain’s ambassador Mohammed Al-Ghatam presented his credentials to Qatar’s minister of state for foreign affairs Soltan Bin Saad Al-Muraikhi in Doha on 28 July.

A rare by-election is being held in early September, following a court ruling to strip Mohammed Al-Hussaini of his seat in the Council of Representatives because he held citizenship of a second country.

Bahraini national security advisor gave fulsome backing to the four-year-old Abraham Accords, saying “We would encourage others to join”, while speaking at the Aspen Security Forum in the United States.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Gulf fell by 6% in 2023, but remained near its all-time high, according to the latest data released by the United Nations’ trade and development arm Unctad.

The Court of Cassation annulled Mohammed Rafiq Al-Hussaini’s membership of the Council of Representatives on 10 July, following claims by the government that he held citizenship of a second, unnamed country

The government has announced plans to draw up a comprehensive redevelopment for the capital’s old commercial hub, following a large fire in mid-June which destroyed dozens of businesses and left three people dead

The Bahraini and Kuwaiti governments have set up special committees to review recent naturalisation cases, with hundreds and perhaps thousands of people thought to be at risk of having their citizenship taken from them over allegations of fraudulent applications

Bahrain’s foreign affairs minister Abdullatif Bin Rashid Al-Zayani has met his counterpart Ali Bagheri Kani in Tehran to discuss the restoration of diplomatic ties after an eight-year break.