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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.

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

Bahrain
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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.

Bahrain | Qatar
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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.

Kuwait | Saudi Arabia | Bahrain | Oman | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | Qatar
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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.

Bahrain | Qatar
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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.

Bahrain
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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.

Bahrain
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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.

Bahrain
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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

Bahrain
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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

Bahrain
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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

Kuwait | Bahrain
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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.

Iran | Bahrain
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The exchange of envoys finally comes after Manama and Doha agreed in April 2023 to fully restore diplomatic relations, ending a schism that started in 2017 with the boycott of Doha by Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

Bahrain | Qatar
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King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa says there is “no reason to delay” the restoration of diplomatic relations with Tehran, some eight years after they were severed, while Iran’s acting president has invited Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman to visit, in a further sign of Tehran’s efforts to improve relations with its Arab neighbours.

Iran | Saudi Arabia | Bahrain
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Brigadier General Jassim Mohammed Al-Ghattam was appointed Muharraq governorate’s deputy governor in late May for a four-year term, ending a reshuffle process for provincial official that began in August.

Bahrain