Direct flights to resume between Bahrain and Qatar as of May 25

Direct flights will resume between Bahrain and Qatar as of May 25, Bahrain's state news agency announced on Monday.

In mid-April, Qatar and Bahrain announced that they had agreed to end a long-running diplomatic feud and re-establish relations.

Bahrain in 2017 joined Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt in imposing a diplomatic blockade on Qatar, accusing it of supporting extremist organisations in the region and becoming too close to Iran.

Doha and Manama's rivalry goes back even further. Relations between the two have been more difficult to restore because of thorny issues including their maritime border. The two sides regularly accuse each other of illegally detaining fishermen from the other country.

(Agencies)