![After the UAE and Bahrain normalised Israel ties, Trump said he expected other Arab nations to follow suit, without mentioning names [File: Anadolu]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/6960eb952082439cacd445a242eddacf_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
A roundup of where other Arab countries stand after the UAE and Bahrain establish formal ties with Israel.
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!['The core of this conflict is about the drastic conditions the Palestinians are living under,' Lolwah al-Khater said [File: Leigh Vogel/Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/9d703fcae0e04573b44685cfad0be8b3_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
Qatari government spokesperson says normalising ties with Israel ‘can’t be the answer’ to Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
![Palestinian men burn the exed out portraits of the Bahraini king, US president and the Israeli PM during a protest in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza Strip [Mahmud Hams/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/046ad959a2564626b201c7b2e0658b31_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
Bahrain moves to please the US, deter perceived regional threats by following in the UAE’s footsteps,...
![Palestinian men burn the exed out portraits of the Bahraini king, US president and the Israeli premier during a protest in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza Strip [Mahmud Hams/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/8530e28a9f5f421c9fc9b1dfbe5210c2_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
Bahrain moves to please the US, deter perceived regional threats by following in the UAE’s footsteps,...
![US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets Bahrain King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa during his visit to Manama, Bahrain [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/373f7bf1f68b400e8543f11f009112ee_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
In talks with US Secretary of State Pompeo, King Hamad says Bahrain is committed to the creation of a Palestinian state.
![The talks will focus on ways to promote Israeli-UAE cooperation in several sectors [File: Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ed4b2d096f15438aa139fdb5a8ad6e63_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
US officials will escort an Israeli delegation to UAE on Monday, in first trip since announcing deal to normalise ties.
![Even before the coronavirus outbreak and declines in oil prices, Oman was already among the most vulnerable economies in the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council [File: Christopher Pike/Bloomberg]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/744a0b52d2f84b18a0a64060d3be737a_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Fitch pushes Oman deeper into junk, lowers sovereign rating one notch to BB-, three steps below investment grade.
![Anti-government protesters clash with riot police in downtown Beirut, Lebanon on February 11, 2020 [File: AP/Hussein Malla]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/9ad1c01297aa4d20afdd47f0fe5e3693_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
The region in 2020 is in much worse shape than in 2010.
![Activists prepare cardboard cutouts of Mohammed bin Salman, Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump during a rally in Baghdad, Iraq [File: AP/Nasser Nasser]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/40d415dae937442faed827185924acb1_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Netanyahu’s annexation plans could break the anti-Iran alliance Trump helped built between Israel and some Gulf states.
![The United States has so far unsuccessfully tried to end the blockade of Qatar [Sorin Furcoi/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/516b6467a6b840f992efad60724fbcf0_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
On a visit to Doha, American special envoy Brian Hook says Qatar blockade continues to ‘harm shared regional interests’.
Airline launches international arbitration against Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt for 2017 airspace ban.
![S&P estimates GCC central government deficits reaching $490bn cumulatively between 2020 and 2023, with 55 percent of that amount related to Saudi Arabia, the Gulf's largest economy [File: Ahmed Yosri/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a9ccb6c4977d42f1b6e91b5cb69f4f71_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
S&P sees Gulf countries posting a $180bn deficit all together, as pandemic and low oil prices hammer revenues.
![Sheikh Sabah's sudden surgery could inspire a renewed power struggle within Kuwait's ruling family [File: Hamad L Mohammed/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/1244e28a90ed40c785cae2919ab95aa4_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Surgery reported a day after the 91-year-old ruler was admitted to hospital for ‘medical checks’.
![The 91-year-old emir last August suffered an unspecified medical 'setback' that required him to be hospitalised [File: Bandar Algaloud/Anadolu]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/bd916f05bd3644059c9edb598aae62d9_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Crown prince will temporarily carry out some of Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah’s duties, state media reports.