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Bahrain King Receives Abu Dhabi Crown Prince
2011-07-22 Read More...
HRM King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa received General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of

Bahrain: Dialogue a Historic Opportunity
2011-07-04 Read More...
Bahrain's government opened a "national dialogue" on Saturday aimed at getting reforms back on track, buoyed by an 11th-hour decision by the main opposition bloc to take

GCC to Begin Withdrawing Troops from Bahrain
2011-06-30 Read More...
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states are discussing the possibility of withdrawing troops from Bahrain although no timeline has been decided so far, said a GCC official in

Batelco to Sponsor Bahrain Air Show 2012
2011-06-25 Read More...
Batelco has announced its sponsorship of the Bahrain International Air Show which will be held at the Sakhir Airbase from January 19 to 21 next

$200m US Arms Sales to Bahrain in 2010
2011-06-14 Read More...
The US government approved $200 million in military sales from American firms to Bahrain last year, according to a State Department

Preparations for the Bahrain Air Show
2011-06-11 Read More...
The organizing committee of Bahrain International Air Show 2012 convened a meeting under the chairmanship of HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Khalifa to discuss the preparations for the mega aviation event due to take place on 19-21 January

Gulf Helicopters Commissions its AW139 Simulator
2011-06-08 Read More...
Doha-based Gulf Helicopters has commissioned its new Agusta Westland AW139 full motion flight

Bahrain Airshow 2012 On Schedule
2011-05-19 Read More...
Bahrain received a significant boost with the news that 75% of space at next year's Bahrain International Airshow (BIAS) is already sold

BDF Chief: GCC Troops to Stay after Martial Lift
2011-05-14 Read More...
Forces from the GCC Peninsula Shield will remain in Bahrain after a state of emergency is lifted next month, said Bahrain Defense Forces (BDF) Commander-in-Chief Marshal Sheikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al

Gulf Air to Receive $1.06b Loan
2011-05-14 Read More...
Earlier this week, Bahrain MPs approved loans worth BD400 million ($1.06 billion) for Gulf Air, even though the payments were sanctioned without their

Bahrain’s Emergency to be Lifted June 1st
2011-05-10 Read More...
HRM King Hamad of Bahrain has ordered the lifting on June 1 of a state of emergency that was imposed following weeks of anti-government street protests in the kingdom, the state news agency said on

Bahrain approves 6 aviation conventions
2011-04-27 Read More...
Bahrain’s Shura Council has approved six international aviation

Gulf Forces to Stay in Bahrain Until Threat is Over
2011-04-20 Read More...
Saudi and UAE Forces will only leave Bahrain when an Iranian threat to GCC countries is judged to be over, Bahrain's Foreign Minister

Gulf Air Leases 2 A320-200 Aircraft
2011-03-29 Read More...
Standard Chartered Bank completed the purchase and leaseback of 2 new Airbus 320-200 aircraft for Bahrain’s national carrier Gulf

Bahrain Declares Martial Law
2011-03-16 Read More...
Bahrain declared martial law on Tuesday, a day after Saudi Forces arrived in the Kingdom to help restore calm following weeks of unrest by anti-government

Peninsula Shield Forces Enter Bahrain
2011-03-15 Read More...
Armored troops rolled into Bahrain from neighboring Saudi Arabia on Monday to help restore order in the strategic Gulf kingdom, where pro-democracy demonstrators have shut down the financial

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