Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society said that the arrest of Deputy President of Islamic Ulama Council prominent Sheikh Mahmoud Al-A'ali for expressing support with Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim reflects the "extent of the hostility the authorities have towards religious freedoms and different opinions."

Bahrain News Agency said on Wednesday (January 3, 2017) that Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa briefed King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa on the outcomes of his visit to Kuwait.

Bahrain’s Interior Ministry claimed that “February 14 Coalition” Twitter account is an Iranian account and is managed from Iran.

Thai Rath newspaper reported on (January 3, 2018) that 20 Thais were among more than 1,000 people stranded in Bahrain after problems on tours to the country of Georgia.

The Ministry of Finance announced on Wednesday (January 3, 2018) its commitment to implementing the Value Added Tax (VAT) in 2018.

Kuwaiti Emir Sabah Al-Ahmed Al Sabah received on Tuesday (January 2, 2018) the Bahraini Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa in a short visit.

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa met on Tuesday (January 2, 2018) the Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa and BDF Commander-in-Chief Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa.

The Bahraini authorities arrested on Tuesday (January 2, 2018) Shiite cleric Mahmoud Al-A’ali to execute prison sentence.

Social media outlets said that the security authorities arrested death row convict Hussein Abdullah Al-Rashid (29 years), from Damistan, in mysterious conditions yesterday night (January 2, 2018).

The Bahraini Public Prosecution held the case in which lawyer Issa Borshid was accused of sympathizing with Qatar.

The House of Representatives decided to postpone today’s session until Thursday after a number of MPs apologized from attending the session today for being outside the country.

The Gulf state of Bahrain on Monday called on its citizens not to travel to Iran "under any circumstances" because of street protests there.

The Bahraini Ministry of Foreign Affairs urged all Bahraini citizens to totally refrain, under any circumstances, from travelling to Iran, due to the widespread unrest, unstable security conditions and severe violence in the cities there.

The former minister Samira Rajab decided to re-launch a civilian case she has already filed against Al-Ayam newspaper and its editor-in-chief.

Bahrain Opposition Bloc in London expressed its full rejection to all the political verdicts and trials held in Bahrain since over 7 years against prisoners of conscience in Bahrain, stressing on the necessity to stop these military courts that issued collective death sentences that are considered the first of their kind in Bahrain’s history.

The Ministry of Interior said that it found a dead body in a deserted building in Muqaba.

Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society condemned the Bahraini regime’s insistence on trying opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman over charges of “colluding with Qatar” based on a US-Qatari initiative to put an end to the crisis.

Customs President Ahmed bin Hamad Al Khalifa said that based on the continuous cooperation and coordination with Saudi customs, the fast track was activated to end all customs procedures for exports of top 10 companies of national goods in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

Bahrain’s high criminal court adjourned on Thursday (December 28, 2017) the trial of opposition leader and Al-Wefaq Secretary-General Sheikh Ali Salman over charge of "communicating with Qatar" until January 4, 2018, to listen to witnesses.

Middle East Monitor website said that some 25 Bahraini organizations including political associations, civil society groups and various intellectual and political trends have come together to condemn a visit by what they called a “suspicious” delegation to Israel.