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The flags of the United Arab Emirates, Israel and Bahrain flutter along a road in Netanya, Israel September 14, 2020

Israel wants free trade agreement with Bahrain, FM tells Arab media

  Fans arriving in Qatar - Hamad International Airport, Doha, Qatar - November 19, 2022

Qatar's tourism industry thrives post-World Cup: 347% increase in arrivals expected

By HUDHAIFA EBRAHIM/THE MEDIA LINE
 Russian President Vladimir Putin sits next to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi during a meeting with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (not pictured) in Tehran, Iran July 19, 2022.

Iran, Russia spar over ‘non-negotiable’ Gulf islands

 Haluk Bayraktar, CEO of Turkish drone-maker Baykar, and Khaled bin Hussein Al-Bayari, Saudi Assistant Minister of Defence for Executive Affairs, attend a signing ceremony in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia July 18, 2023

As Turkey's leader tours the Gulf, the region is showcasing its global influence - analysis

 Oman's Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi meets Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, in Muscat, Oman June 21, 2023.

Did Iran achieve its goals in the Gulf? - opinion

 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Oman's Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary General Jasem Mohamed AlBudaiwi attend a joint press conference in Moscow, on July 10, 2023.

Russia and Gulf countries seek to increase cooperation - analysis

 HEZBOLLAH MEMBERS take part in a military exercise during a media tour organized for the occasion of Resistance and Liberation Day, in Aaramta, Lebanon, last month.

Hezbollah’s drills convey a deadly message - opinion

By AVI MELAMED
 Members of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) navy participate in an exercise in the south of Iran, in this picture obtained on January 17, 2023.

Iran pushes for naval alliance in Indian ocean, claims Gulf countries may participate

 Ships from partner nations of Combined Task Force North participate in a photo exercise during a 60-nation International Maritime Exercise/Cutlass Express 2022 (IMX/CE22), in the the Arabian Gulf, Middle East, in this photo taken on February 9, 2022 and released by the U.S. Navy on February 10, 202

UAE says it withdrew from US-led maritime coalition two months ago

By REUTERS
 Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq meets with Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (not pictured) in Tehran, Iran May 29, 2023.

Iran courts Oman while bashing Israel - analysis

 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, accompanied by his wife Ermine Erdogan, greets supporters at the AK Party headquarters in Ankara, Turkey May 15, 2023.

Turkey heads to final run-off election - analysis

 Bahraini and Lebanese flags

Bahrain resumes diplomatic ties with Lebanon

 Graffiti wall in Marrakesh, jointly created by three artists from Israel, Morocco and Senegal.

Israel, Morocco co-host women in innovation conference in Marrakesh

By KEREN SETTON/THE MEDIA LINE
 Palestinians pray as Israeli security forces take position at the Al-Aqsa compound, also known as the Temple Mount, while tension arises during clashes with Palestinians in Jerusalem's Old City, April 5, 2023

Middle East, Iranian media raise anger over Israeli 'crimes' on Temple Mount

 Head of the Religious Zionist Party MK Bezalel Smotrich  gives a press statement at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on May 26, 2021.

Gulf leaders to US: Take responsibility for Israel's Bezalel Smotrich