The Arab League's Ahmed Aboul Gheit has hit out at Israeli strikes on Gaza on March 18 in a sign of collapsing relations between the two sides.
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states are increasingly backing Russia in its geopolitical and economic standoff with the West, but they have stopped short of fully embracing Russia.
A high-level Bahraini delegation led by Ahmad bin Abdulaziz al-Khalifa, head of the Strategic Security Agency, met with defacto Syrian ruler Ahmad al-Sharaa at the People's Palace in Damascus on December 28.
The foreign ministers of Bahrain and Iran have agreed to start negotiations aimed at normalising relations between the two countries, according to Bahrain's state news agency.
Several Gulf states are preparing to allow Russian citizens to enter without visas, Russian Economy Minister Maxim Reshetnikov announced on June 12, as part of efforts to boost tourism ties.