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COMMENT: Gulf states court Russia but stop short of strategic shift
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.
Bahrain's security chief meets Syrian commander amid diplomatic push
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.
Bahrain and Iran to begin talks on normalising relations
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.
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Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait set to offer Russians visa-free entry
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.
Jaw-dropping discovery: 450,000-year-old tooth unearthed in Iran
Archaeologists have discovered the oldest evidence of occupation in Iran's Central Plateau at Qaleh Kurd Cave in Qazvin, pushing back the timeline of human settlement in the region by over 300,000 years.