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25 Feb 2021 / 19:23 H. (Adds Bahrain leader, background on Iran, U.S.) JERUSALEM, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Bahrain's Crown Prince Sheikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa on Thursday discussed Iran and the possible involvement of the Gulf state in establishing a vaccine plant in Israel, the two countries said. Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates formalised ties with Israel on Sept. 15 in part over shared concerns about Iran, in a deal forged by former U.S. President Donald Trump. Trump withdrew from a 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, a mov...

UPDATE 1-UAE and Qatar hold first meeting since Gulf detente Reuters 2/22/2021 (Adds Bahrain invitation to bilateral talks) DUBAI, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Delegations from the United Arab Emirates and Qatar met in Kuwait on Monday for the first time since an agreement last month to end a rift of more than three years, the UAE state news agency WAM said. Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt agreed in January at a summit in Saudi's al-Ula to restore diplomatic, trade and travel ties with Doha, which had been severed in 2017 over accusations that Qatar supported terrorism, a charge it denies. "...

(Adds Bahrain statement) WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday designated the Bahrain-based Saraya al-Mukhtar group as a terrorist organization, accusing it of being backed by Iran and of having plotted attacks against U.S. personnel in the Gulf Arab state. The move, which comes amid a slew of sanctions announced by Washington as President Donald Trump's term nears a close, designates Saraya al-Mukhtar, a marginal group operating underground, as a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist". Most of the group's members are in jail or in Iran. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pom...