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Bahrain latest news

Bahrain latest news

Foreign ministers of anti-Qatar alliance meet in Cairo, no more sanctions

July 6, 2017 MEO Staff

The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, and Egypt met in Cairo on Wednesday to discuss their stance toward Qatar’s response to the 13-item demands they handled to the Kuwaiti mediated about two weeks [ More … ]

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Gulf crisis: Saudi axis extends deadline as Qatar rejects demands

July 3, 2017 rafik

Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE and Egypt push back by 48 hours deadline on 13 demands made to Doha The Saudi-led axis of powers has extended by 48 hours a deadline on 13 demands issued to [ More … ]

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Bahrain jails citizen for pro-Qatar social media post amid ongoing Gulf spat

June 15, 2017 MEO Staff

Bahrain jailed one of its citizens for comments made on social media, reports said, in the first arrest of its kind since passing a controversial law criminalizing sympathy with Qatar. Last week, Bahrain authorities followed [ More … ]

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Bahrain shuts down independent newspaper amid opposition crackdown

June 6, 2017 MEO Staff

The Bahraini government has shut down Al-Wasat, a prominent independent newspaper “until further notice” after the paper published a piece about unrest in Morocco. Authorities are cracking down on dissent in the country. Bahrain’s Information [ More … ]

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UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt cut relations with Qatar which denounces the “pre-meditated diplomatic attack”

June 5, 2017 MEO Staff

A number of Arab nations cut off relations with Qatar on Monday morning, accusing it of ‘sponsoring terrorism’. The United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Yemen and Gen. Khalifa Haftar in Libya all cut off [ More … ]

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Saudi Arabia defends Bahrain’s crackdown on Shiite protesters

May 25, 2017 MEO Staff

Saudi Arabia on Wednesday defended the actions of Bahraini authorities who opened fire on a protest by supporters of a top Shiite cleric, killing five people. The security of Bahrain “is an integral part” of [ More … ]

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Death toll rises from Bahrain police protest shootings

May 24, 2017 MEO Staff

Bahrain is once again gripped with violence after police fired on protesters outside the home of a popular cleric. Five people have been killed when police opened fire on protesters in Bahrain on Tuesday, as [ More … ]

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Bahrain police raid sit-in supporting Shia cleric, one killed

May 23, 2017 MEO Staff

Bahrain police reportedly killed one protester after raiding a sit-in supporting a prominent Shia cleric who had his citizenship stripped by the government earlier. A Bahraini police raid on Tuesday on a sit-in by supporters [ More … ]

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Al-Sisi Is Warming Relations with the Gulf Countries

May 9, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

Al-Sisi is warming his relations with Gulf countries under U.S blessings. Weeks after U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ visit to Egypt, al-Sisi started his Gulf tour amid Trump’s administration’s new agenda to renew its pact with [ More … ]

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Bahrain FM: Trump understands Middle East and Iran threats better than Obama

April 5, 2017 MEO Staff

Just days after reports suggested the US would lift human rights conditions on an arms deal with Bahrain, the Gulf kingdom said Donald Trump understands the region ‘better’ than Obama. US President Donald Trump understands [ More … ]

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Bahrain says it broke Iran-linked “terrorist” cell behind bus attack

March 28, 2017 MEO Staff

Bahrain has announced that it broke an Iranian-linked “terrorist cell” suspected of involvement in a bomb attack on a police bus in February and plotting to assassinate senior officials, Bahraini state news agency reported. The agency [ More … ]

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Bahraini court sentences three to death for police bombings

March 24, 2017 MEO Staff

A Bahraini appeals court sentenced three people to death on Thursday over bombings that targeted police patrols in a majority-Shia village, the state-run news agency reported. Three people were sentenced to death by Bahraini courts [ More … ]

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Bahrain hails US declaration of Al-Ashtar members as terrorists

March 19, 2017 MEO Staff

Bahrain has welcomed the decision by the US Department of State to designate individuals affiliated with Al-Ashtar Brigades as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGT) under Executive Order 13224. “This stance reflects the position of the [ More … ]

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Bahraini civilians to be tried in military courts

March 5, 2017 MEO Staff

Bahrain’s government approved a constitutional change which will allow military courts to try civilians, the kingdom’s latest rollback on reforms made after Arab Spring protests in 2011.  Bahrain’s military courts are now authorised to try [ More … ]

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Bahrain arrests 25 over jailbreak, unrest

March 5, 2017 MEO Staff

Bahrain said Saturday that it had arrested 25 suspects accused of involvement in unrest in the Sunni-ruled kingdom, including a deadly jailbreak.  Bahrain said Saturday that it had arrested 25 suspects accused of involvement in [ More … ]

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