Prominent Shia cleric in Bahrain, Ayatollah Issa Qassem was taken to the hospital on Sunday night, Bahraini sources said. Ayatollah Qassem, who lost his citizenship and has been for more than one year under house arrest, was hospitalized on Sunday after suffering hip and leg problems that are making it ...
Bahraini authorities acknowledged on Thursday spying charges against prominent opposition figure, Sheikh Ali Salman, were false. A court in the Gulf state acquitted the Secretary General of Al-Wefaq opposition group of all charges in his trial for alleged spying for regional rival Qatar, activists said. “Sheikh Ali Salman was found ...