The ruling means that the Kuwait Shooting Federation will no longer be suspended from the ISSF and athletes will be able to fully participate in all events.

Kuwaiti shooters competing in competitions organised by other organisations will still, however, be forced to do so neutrally.

This is likely to include next year's Asian Games in Jakarta and Palambang and, unless there is an improvement, the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Simmering tension existing since an earlier suspension in 2012 erupted into the open in late 2015 when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and a host of other sporting bodies including the ISSF suspended Kuwait for Government interference.

This followed a controversial Sports Law which intervened in the Kuwait Olympic Committee and other National Federations and ended Kuwait's compliance with CAS and the World Anti-Doping Agency.

Kuwaitis were forced to participate as Independent Olympic Athletes at Rio 2016 - where shooter Fehaid Al-Deehani claimed a double trap gold medal - and at other events.

The Government subsequently took over the running of most national sporting bodies including the Kuwait Shooting Federation.

It followed multiple unsuccessful appeals to CAS by the Kuwait Government.

But the latest decision marks the first time that the Lausanne-based court has ruled in favour of the Gulf nation's authorities and against international sport.

It comes after Kuwaiti figures had repeatedly claimed the court was not impartial every time a case was not successful.

The full verdict from CAS has not yet been published.

No formal notification of the ruling has been published by the ISSF, but the body is listed under active members of the world governing body.

The name of Kuwait Shooting Federation (KSF) President Duaij Khalaf Al-Otaibi is also listed.

Several letters have been sent to the KSF, and subsequently published on their website, by other shooting organisation offering congratulations following the verdict.

This includes one from Asian Shooting Confederation (ASC) President Shaikh Ali Abdullah Al-Khalifa of Bahrain offering "extended support" and to work together for the "further development of shooting sports".

Similar letters have been sent by both the European and African continental bodies.

Former Kuwaiti Sports Minister Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah was thought to be the key figure behind the controversial 2015 Sports Law.

Sheikh Salman was a former ASC President who stood unsuccessfully for the International Shooting Sport Federation Presidency against Mexican incumbent Olegario Vázquez Raña in 2014.

He blamed his cousin, the Olympic Council of Asia and Association of National Olympic Committees President Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah for his defeat.

It came after insidethegames exclusively reported beforehand that Sheikh Salmon he had been illegally using his Government position to try to influence voters.