An official source at the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that his country condemns the Turkish military's offensive in northeastern Syria, deeming it a "flagrant" attack against the country's unity, independence and sovereignty.

The Bahraini Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the military attack by the Republic of Turkey on areas in the north-east of the brotherly Syrian Arab Republic, which is a violation of the international law rules and an attack on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Syria.

Saudi Arabia's crown prince warned in an interview broadcast on Sunday that oil prices could spike to "unimaginably high numbers" if the world doesn't come together to deter Iran, but said he preferred a political solution to a military one.

The Houthi group in control of Yemen's capital released hundreds of prisoners on Monday in a unilateral move, which the United Nations hoped would help revive a stalled peace process after months of failed efforts to push through a prisoner swap.

Saudi Arabia has sent messages to Iran's president through the leaders of other countries, an Iranian government spokesman said on Monday, at a time of heightened tensions between the regional rivals.

Saudi Arabia asked rating agency Fitch on Monday to reconsider downgrading its credit rating to A from A+ after attacks on Saudi oil facilities, saying the decision was "swift" and did not reflect Riyadh's actions to maintain global oil supplies.

Saudi authorities said on Friday they would allow tourists from 49 countries to enter the kingdom without a visa in advance, at a cost of 440 riyals for a maximum of 180 days. It, however, announced that "women are prohibited from dressing indecently" and tourists are prohibited from entering Mecca and Medina.

The Saudi Ministry of Interior said that it executed a Bahraini accused of smuggling banned pills in the eastern region.

India will get two additional cargoes of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from United Arab Emirate's Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (ADNOC) to make up for a shortfall from Saudi Arabia, two government officials said.

Saudi Arabia has waived fees on expatriate workers employed in the industrial sector, one of the main economic segments eyed for development, for five years, a cabinet statement said on Tuesday.

Air strikes blamed on the Saudi-led coalition killed at least 16 people in Yemen's disputed province of al-Dhalea on Tuesday, two residents and the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV said.

King Hamad returned to Bahrain after spending some hours in Jeddah during which he met his Saudi counterpart King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

Kuwait's deputy foreign minister said on Monday that Kuwait shares Saudi Arabia's optimism to end a disagreement over the Saudi-Kuwaiti neutral zone "very soon," state news agency (KUNA) cited him as saying.

Official figures showed that the number of Saudi investors in Bahrain has reached 14,614 as of September 22, 2019.

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis will stop aiming missile and drone attacks at Saudi Arabia if a coalition targeting Yemen does the same, a Houthi official said on Friday, nearly a week after the Houthis claimed a strike on Saudi oil facilities.

The number of Saudi visitors to Bahrain witnessed an increase of 2.8% during the first half of this year compared to the same period last year, said Bahrain Tourism and Exhibitions Authority Adviser, Ali Follad.

Twitter suspended the account of former Saudi royal court adviser Saud al-Qahtani on Friday, nearly a year after he was sacked over his suspected role in the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

The Saudi-led coalition launched a military operation north of Yemen's port city of Hodeidah against what it described as "legitimate military targets", State-run Ekhbariya TV reported on Friday.

Tunisia's Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali, whose overthrow in a 2011 uprising triggered the "Arab Spring" revolutions, died in exile in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, days after a free presidential vote in his homeland.

Kuwait's oil sector is on high alert and has raised its security to the highest level as a precautionary measure in the wake of the weekend attack on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities, a Kuwaiti oil official said on Wednesday.