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Trump orders CENTCOM to cover Occupied Palestine, calls UAE, Bahrain key ‘security partners’
Jan 17, 2021 05:01Outgoing US President Donald Trump has ordered the country’s Central Command (CENTCOM) to coordinate military activities with the Israeli regime, while also designating Persian Gulf Arab kingdoms of Bahrain and the UAE as “major security partners” in his final days in office.
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Bahrainis protest appointment of Israeli chargé d'affaires to Bahrain
Jan 16, 2021 03:56People in Bahrain have taken to the streets to denounce the appointment of an Israeli chargé d'affaires to the country and the normalization of ties with the Tel Aviv regime.
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HRW: Human rights situation in Bahrain deteriorated in 2020 as regime continues to stifle dissent
Jan 14, 2021 12:54Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Bahrain’s human rights situation deteriorated dramatically in 2020 as Aal-e Khalfiah regime authorities’ escalated repression against online and social media activists and critics with courts upholding death sentences against opposition figures.
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Bahraini’s religious scholar sympathizes with Pakistan’s Hazara Muslims after Daesh bloodshed
Jan 12, 2021 09:16Bahrain’s most prominent religious scholar Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim has expressed sympathy with members of the ethnic Pakistani Hazara community, after the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group martyred nearly a dozen coal miners from the Shia Muslims in a terrorist attack in southwest Pakistan earlier this month.
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Bahrainis pay tribute to Lt. Gen. Soleimani, Muhandis on first assassination anniversary
Jan 06, 2021 07:41Bahraini people have staged rallies to pay homage to top Iranian anti-terror Commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani and his Iraqi trenchmate Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis on the first anniversary of their assassination by the US military last year.
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Bahrainis repeat call for Sheikh Salman’s release
Dec 29, 2020 15:22Bahrainis have taken to the streets to denounce the continued detention of prominent religious scholar Sheikh Ali Salman and call for his immediate release.
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PGCC ministers discuss resolution of Qatar dispute in online meeting
Dec 28, 2020 10:48The foreign ministers of Persian Gulf Arab countries have held an online meeting ahead of a summit of Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) to discuss settlement of the diplomatic row with Doha.
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Qatar protests to UN over Bahraini fighter jets violation of airspace
Dec 25, 2020 04:42Qatar has protested to the United Nations Security Council and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres over violation of its airspace by four Bahraini fighter jets earlier this month.
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Bahrain opens consulate in Western Sahara after Trump recognizes Morocco’s rule over region
Dec 17, 2020 03:33Bahrain has opened a consulate in Moroccan-controlled Western Sahara, after US President Donald Trump agreed to recognize the North African country’s sovereignty over the disputed territory as part of a normalization agreement between Rabat and the Israeli regime.
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US designates anti-govt. Bahraini group as ‘terrorist’ after Manama inks peace deal with Israel
Dec 16, 2020 05:22The administration of outgoing US President Donald Trump has designated Bahraini opposition group Saraya al-Mukhtar as a “terrorist” organization, months after the Manama regime agreed to a Washington-brokered normalization with Israel.