A new report says a recent decision by the US Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet to launch a drone task force is a step towards the establishment of a joint maritime unit comprising Persian Gulf Arab countries and Israel for proxy missions in the region.

Bahrainis stage a demonstration in condemnation of the inauguration of the Persian Gulf kingdom’s first ambassador to Tel Aviv, and normalization of ties between Manama and Israeli regimes.

Hamas said the appointment of the ambassador to the Zionist entity reflects its insistence on the national sin that it committed when it signed the normalization agreement with Israel.

Bahrain’s main opposition group blasts the Manama regime for suppressing Muharram mourning rituals commemorating the martyrdom anniversary of the third Shia Imam.

Bahrain’s leading cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim says there exists no divide between Shia and Sunni Muslims, but the Islamic world is in fact split up into the camp that champions normalization with Tel Aviv and the one that adheres to the cause of resistance.

Bahraini scholars condemn the ruling Al Khalifah regime’s crackdown on Shia Mulism during Muharram rituals.

Senator Chris Murphy says the US should rejoin the Iran nuclear deal and decrease its overall “militaristic footprint” in the region.