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Senior Bahraini official sacked over Israeli ambassador snub, Palestinians voice support
Jul 24, 2022 07:02A top Bahraini official and member of the ruling family has been dismissed from her position after she refused to shake hands with the Israeli ambassador to the Persian Gulf country.
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Commons leader calls for release of Bahraini opposition figures in first by UK government
Jul 22, 2022 06:52The leader of the UK House of Commons has supported calls for the release of imprisoned Bahraini opposition figures, including academic and human rights activist Abduljalil al-Singace who has been on hunger strike for more than a year.
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Bahrain: Ayatollah Isa Qassim calls for united action against ‘disastrous’ upcoming polls
Jul 15, 2022 15:49Bahrain’s most prominent religious scholar has dismissed the upcoming parliamentary elections as “a new disaster and calamity” for the Persian Gulf nation, stating that the polls will only reinforce the Aal-e Khalifah dynasty’s reactionary and oppressive measures and jeopardize the interests of the Bahraini people.
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IRGC official: ‘Arab NATO’ ineffective in face of resistance front
Jul 11, 2022 15:01A senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the US plan to form a so-called regional defense alliance with Israel and a number of Arab countries will fail like previous coalitions formed against the resistance front.
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Iran: Increased US presence only foments insecurity in West Asia region, spreads terrorism
Jul 10, 2022 05:21Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman says increased presence of the United States in the West Asia region will only foment insecurity in the region and help further spread terrorist activities.
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Bahrain: Aal-e Khalifah regime bans pilgrimage to Iraq & Syria
Jul 02, 2022 12:23In yet another indication of entrenched hostilities against Shia Muslims in Bahrain, the Aal-e Khalifah regime has banned the pilgrimage to the holy cities in Iraq and Syria.
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FM spokesman denounces 'biased, baseless' anti-Iran accusations raised at Manama meeting
Jun 30, 2022 20:01Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kan'ani has denounced the recent joint statement by Bahraini and Egyptian authorities about the nuclear and defense doctrines of the Islamic Republic, saying Tehran’s defense and missile capabilities never pose a threat to neighboring states.
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Bahraini ambassador submits credentials to Syrian president in diplomatic overture to Damascus
Jun 21, 2022 05:26Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has received the credentials of the Bahraini ambassador, nearly six months after the Persian Gulf kingdom appointed its first ambassador to Damascus, as the two countries move to shore up diplomatic ties that were downgraded in the foreign-sponsored conflict in Syria.
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Bahrain’s king orders cabinet reshuffle amid debt crisis, names new oil minister
Jun 14, 2022 11:19Bahrain's embattled ruler, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, in a decree has ordered a cabinet reshuffle as the tiny Persian Gulf country continues to grapple with the debt crisis.
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Israel drawing on normalization deals to attack Syria, carry out assassinations in Iran: Top Hamas official
Jun 13, 2022 13:21A high-ranking official with the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement has censured Arab states over signing normalization agreements with Israel, stressing that the Tel Aviv regime is exploiting the deals in order to press ahead with its attacks on Syria and assassinate Iranian scientists and military forces.