Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, who publicly recognized Israel's right to exist -- and defend itself -- is being replaced after 15 years. His sudden demotion is shrouded in mystery

Canada's Trudeau says incident a 'sad reminder of the rising numbers of such heinous acts'; Bahrain denounces 'terrorist' knife assault, without mentioning Jewish victims

Shlomo Amar meets with Gulf state's king, says during trip 'the people of the Middle East want peace with Israel,' amid slowly warming ties between Jerusalem and Manama

Presence of Foreign Ministry official at meeting in Manama on maritime, civil aviation security marks latest sign of warming ties between Israel and some Arab states

Foreign Ministry's regional security and counter-terrorism head to make rare formal trip to Arab state for Monday meet on maritime and civil aviation security

Despite housing thousands of US troops, traditional American allies in the Mideast now re-calibrating how far to trust Trump in case frictions with Iran boil over

Qatar and Syria also slam Netanyahu's comments; Saudi Arabia calls for emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation

King Hamad meets US CENTCOM chief, does not elaborate on what role kingdom will take in maritime mission

Saudi-owned paper says Israeli PM recently dispatched envoy to Bahrain to suggest meeting, but the Gulf nation's leader said 'the times has not yet come'

Mohamed al-Miqdad was found unconscious on the street shortly after demonstrations against two executions on Saturday