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Following UAE, Bahrain set to reopen diplomatic mission in Syria
Dec 28, 2018 02:14Arab states are preparing to restore their presence in Syria after years of absence following the outbreak of a foreign-sponsored conflict more than seven years ago, with Bahrain being the next in the line of countries to reopen its embassy in Damascus.
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Bahraini court hands down death sentence to activist, life terms to over dozen dissidents
Dec 27, 2018 14:02An appellate court in Bahrain has sentenced an anti-regime activist to death and passed life imprisonment against more than a dozen other political dissidents as the ruling Aal-e Khalifah regime presses ahead with its heavy-handed clampdown on pro-democracy protesters in the Persian Gulf kingdom.
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Former Iraqi premier responds to Bahrain’s criticism of his remarks
Dec 26, 2018 12:48Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has responded to the Bahraini regime’s recent criticism of his latest remarks, where he had censured the ruling Aal-e Khalifah regime over crackdown on political dissidents and pro-democracy campaigners in the tiny Persian Gulf island State.
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Hunger striking-inmates’ health critically worsening in Bahrain’s infamous prison: Report
Dec 19, 2018 03:52The health conditions of Bahraini political activists Naji Fateel and Ali Haji have been increasingly deteriorating over the past weeks due to a hunger strike the pair have joined to voice their strong dissent against the dire living conditions in Bahrain’s notorious Jaw prison, a new report says.
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Bahrain courts give life sentence to two anti-regime activists
Dec 13, 2018 15:10Regime controlled courts in Bahrain have sentenced two anti-regime protesters to life imprisonment and handed down prison sentences to four others as the ruling Aal-e Khalifah family presses ahead with its heavy-handed clampdown on political dissidents and pro-democracy campaigners in the tiny Persian Gulf island State.
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Qatar's economy 'stronger than before', Central Bank governor says
Dec 12, 2018 01:45The governor of the Qatar Central Bank says the country’s economy has shown resilience in the face of an ongoing diplomatic and trade boycott, which Saudi Arabia and a number of its allies imposed on the energy-rich Persian Gulf kingdom in June 2017.
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Bahraini refugee footballer begins open-ended hunger strike in Thailand
Dec 09, 2018 03:31Bahraini footballer Hakeem Ali al-Araibi has launched an open-ended hunger strike in protest against an “unfair decision by a Thai court to arrest” him and prevent him from returning to his place of residence in Australia.
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Farcical polls will not avert the inevitable in Bahrain
Dec 05, 2018 06:39In the Persian Gulf island state of Bahrain, the regime, which is allied with the US and the Zionist regime against the wishes of the Bahraini people, has held a theatrical show by pressuring a section of the population to cast ballots for what it calls the parliament, while the real representatives of the masses are locked up for demanding democracy and civil liberties.
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Bahrain’s opposition warns about abuse of female activists
Dec 02, 2018 06:35Bahrain’s largest opposition group has warned about the ruling regime’s sweeping arrest and abuse campaign against female activists throughout the course of a campaign of suppression that has already taken the lives of scores of dissidents.
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Commander of US Middle East forces in Navy's Fifth Fleet base found dead in Bahrain
Dec 02, 2018 04:16The top US Navy officer in charge of American naval operations throughout the Middle East and Southwest Asia has been found dead in Bahrain, home to US military’s Fifth Fleet naval force, which he commanded.