Time For U.S. State Department To Finally Listen On Bahrain
Here it comes. A Bahrain court will decide on Monday July 11 whether its largest opposition group should be formally dissolved a month after it…
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Qatar stocks fall with global peers, Bahrain up
Qatari stocks edged lower on Tuesday following global peers. However, Bahrain stocks were up nearly 1 per cent, extending gains for another session. Qatar exchange…
America’s Core Middle East Interests Are Already Secure
RECENT PRESIDENTS of both parties have agreed that the United States has vital interests in the Middle East. But the region has become extraordinarily turbulent….
Bahrain: Bomb shrapnel kills woman, wounds 3 kids
A woman was killed and three children wounded when their car was hit by shrapnel from a bomb in a restive Shiite-majority district outside the…
Senators press State Department to rethink Bahrain aid
A bipartisan group of senators wants the State Department to reconsider military aid to Bahrain following a crackdown on political opposition and a deterioration of…
Bahrain slashes visa fees by 80% for tourists
Known to draw hordes of employment seekers, the Gulf states now want Indians to explore their diverse landscape as they look to boost their tourism…
Bahrainis condemned Iranian commander for his threats
Bahrainis have dismissed a warning by Qasem Sulaimani, the commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, saying that it was merely more evidence of his country’s blatant…
Bahrain Slips Further into Repression
The Project on Middle East Democracy sums up the week in Bahrain: First, “A Bahraini court ordered the suspension of all activities by al-Wefaq, the…
Bahrain Economy Set For Further Slump Following Renewed Political Clampdown
On June 14, a court in Bahrain ordered the main opposition party Al Wefaq to be closed and its funds seized, following a request by…