The Canadian government is investigating reports that Saudi Arabia is using armoured vehicles made in Canada against its own civilians.

The chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee said on Monday he would block arms sales to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other members of the Gulf Cooperation Council pending progress in resolving a simmering dispute with Qatar.

A $12 billion deal to buy U.S. F-15 fighter jets shows Qatar has deep-rooted support from Washington, a Qatari official said on Thursday, despite President Donald Trump's repeated accusations that Doha supports terrorism.

The Trump administration notified Congress last week that it soon planned to begin delivering precision-guided munitions to Saudi Arabia under a 2015 weapons deal, congressional officials said on Tuesday.

Bahrain’s First High Criminal Court decided to call the attesting witnesses to the stand in the May 14, 2017 court session in the trial of the 23-year-old Bahraini charged with joining the terrorist ISIS organization.

The Supreme Court of Appeals presided over by judge Mohammad bin Ali Al Khalifa and Naji Abdullah as secretariat commuted the 10-year jail term issued against former Interior Ministry colonel Adel Flaifel to 3 years and commuted the 3-year jail term issued against 6 others to one year only. It is to mention that Flaifel is sentenced over possession of arms and ammunitions without a licence from the ministry of interior.

The Trump administration has told Congress it plans to approve a multibillion-dollar sale of F-16 fighter jets to Bahrain without the human rights conditions imposed by the State Department under President Barack Obama.

President Donald Trump's administration has informed Congress of its plan to pursue the $5 billion sale to Bahrain of 19 Lockheed Martin F-16 aircraft and related equipment, which was held up last year by concerns about human rights, a congressional source said on Wednesday.

The Pentagon announced on Monday that the United States would sell Saudi Arabia and Kuwait defense equipment, including monitoring blimps to Riyadh, in a bid to enhance US-Gulf alliances.

US halt of arms deal with Bahrain, due to Manama’s deteriorating human rights record, was the highlight of foreign events that came in line with internal Bahraini affairs in 2016.

Bahrain is interested in purchasing Russian air defense systems S-400 “Triumph”, one of most lethal long-range air defense missile systems in world.

Arms watchdog urged major weapons exporters, including US and France, to cut sales to Saudi Arabia over its actions in Yemen.

Seven US senators urged John Kerry to press Bahrain's government to do more to promote political and social reform..

Bahrain's High Criminal Court convicted in absentia the son of former Prime Minister Khalifa Al-Dhahrani over charges narcotics possession for the purpose of trafficking and abuse as well as firearm possession. The court sentenced him to a year in prison with a 1,000 BD fine over the first charge and five more years and a 500 BD fine over the second charge.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): The British national newspaper, The Independent, reported that despite years of crackdowns, torture and oppression in Bahrain, the UK has drawn even closer to the Gulf state.

Bahrain Mirror: The Fourth High Criminal Court looking into the case of 8 suspects, including 5 detained, over charges of espionage and establishing a terrorist group, joining this group, training on the use of arms and bombs and importing arms, ammunitions and explosives through the sea.

Bahrain Mirror: Eyewitnesses said that the Bahraini Ministry of Interior showcased at one of Manama Dialogue conference corners what it claimed to be “seized locally made arms and other Iranian arms.”

Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain's Third High Criminal Court, presided over by judge Ebrahim Al-Zayed with the membership of judges Wajih Al-Shaer and Badr Al-Abdallah and Yousef Bou Hardan as secretariat, sentenced the former Bahraini Interior Ministry colonel Adel Flaifel to 10 years in prison after convicting him of possession of various arms and ammunition without permits, and also fined him 500 BD. The criminal court also sentenced 7 others in the same case (his driver and bodyguards) to 3 years in prison on the same charges with a 500 BD

Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmad Al Khalifa said that the Gulf states are planning to buy the anti-missile defence system from the United States, but there is definitely no such deal between the Gulf states and Israel whatsoever.

The Bahraini Information Minister Isa Abdulrahman Al-Hammadi declared that the GCC wants to buy the Israeli "anti-missile defence system" known as the "Iron Dome," but from the United States not Israel.