The U.S. State Department approved a total of $467 million worth of potential foreign military sales to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, the Pentagon said in separate approval notices on Thursday.

The White House said on Friday (February 23, 2018) that US president Donald Trump will host Gulf leaders amid efforts to try to resolve a dispute between the Gulf neighbors.

Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa left for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on a private visit, according to an official statement.

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani sent condolences Sunday to the president of the United Arab Emirates, whose mother has died, despite the diplomatic rift between the two countries.

Head of Bahrain’s Public Security received delegation from UAE Ministry of Interior, headed by Director General of the Federal Criminal Police, and discussed the importance of “developing security cooperation and coordination.”

The UAE is planning to reroute flights to Bahrain to avoid Qatar’s airspace. This comes as the UAE air force has been ordered “not to escalate” a civil aviation dispute with Qatar.

Bahrain sent a memorandum to the UN Security Council in which it denied claims that military aircraft belonging to the United Arab Emirates violated the Qatari airspace.

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that despite sending official invitations to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates to participate in PUIC conference held in Tehran, the Gulf states did not send delegates to represent them in this meeting.

Bahrain’s Civil Aviation Affairs Authority (CAA) said it would take measures against the interception by two Qatari military aircraft of a UAE passenger plane en route to Bahrain.

Qatar has filed a complaint to the United Nations about an alleged violation of its airspace in December by an Emirati military aircraft, state news agency QNA reported on Friday.

While Bahrainis were still exchanging New Year's greetings in 2017, the Bahraini regime surprised them with the toughest news; Abbas Al-Samie (26 years), Sami Mushaima (40 years) and Ali Al-Singace (21 years) will be the first to be executed in Bahrain within 6 years after the uprising. The authorities have not executed any political death sentences since they executed martyr Isa Kambar in March 1996.

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates introduced value-added tax from Monday, a first for the Gulf which has long prided itself on its tax-free, cradle-to-grave welfare system.

A Turkish foreign ministry official said on Thursday the United Arab Emirates charge d‘affaires was summoned to the ministry over comments about an Ottoman commander retweeted by the UAE foreign minister.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan leapt to the defence of an Ottoman military commander on Wednesday after the United Arab Emirates foreign minister retweeted accusations that Ottoman forces looted the holy city of Medina during World War One.

Families are being torn apart by the rift between Qatar and three other Gulf Arab states which began six months ago, Amnesty International said on Thursday.

The Arab Quartet countries boycotting Qatar have added two entities and 11 individuals to their list of terrorism including former Bahraini MP from Al-Wefaq opposition group Sheikh Hasan Sultan.

Qatar’s foreign minister on Friday criticized “reckless leadership” in the Gulf for a number of crises including the Gulf rift and Lebanon, taking apparent aim at Saudi Arabia.

An Emirati soldier has been killed in southern Saudi Arabia while taking part in the Saudi-led campaign against Yemen's Huthi rebels, the United Arab Emirates military said.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced that it strongly supports US President Donald Trump's new strategy to address the full range of Iran's destructive actions.

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said Iran was not surprised that supporters of the United States President Donald Trump’s “inane speech” on Iran and the nuclear deal are Persian Gulf states, such as Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.