Two to eight ships at a time will target those smuggling people, coal, weapons and drugs in the Red Sea.
Bahraini-American rights organisation says Gulf country is heading towards another ‘sham’ vote in November.
Meetings will include US Secretary of State Blinken, diplomats from Arab states that have normalised ties with Israel.
New allies stress willingness to deepen relationship as Bennett makes first visit by an Israeli prime minister.
Bennett to hold talks with Bahraini Crown Prince and Prime Minister Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa on bilateral ties.
Foreign ministry says the appointment relates to an international coalition to secure regional ‘freedom of navigation’.
Agreement signed as Israeli defence minister Benny Gantz visits the kingdom amid heightened tensions in the region.
Benny Gantz will sign a security cooperation agreement with Bahrain during the two-day visit.
The Emirati airline flew Ahmed Jaffar Mohammed Ali from Serbia to Bahrain, where he faces torture, rights groups say.
Ahmed Jaffar Mohammed Ali was extradited despite an ECHR ruling he not be sent home pending further investigations.
Diplomats of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman and Bahran are on a five-day visit to China along with the head of the GCC.
The move is part of a diplomatic shift as a growing number of Arab countries revive ties with President Bashar al-Assad.
Twenty-three countries, 64 years and nearly 2,000 matches. Here’s how the Arab World plays football.
Interior ministry says it has confiscated weapons and explosives, arrested people for ‘plotting terrorist operations’.
