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Israeli Delegation Cancels Visit to Bahrain after Outcry

An Israeli delegation that was due to attend a conference in Bahrain this week has pulled out due to alleged security concerns, the organizers said on Sunday, after wide Muslim and Arab outrage over the Israeli participation in the event held in Manama. A spokeswoman for Israeli Economy Minister Eli ...

April 15, 2019

Middle East

Iranian Foreign Affairs Ministry Bahram Qassemi

Saudi, Bahraini Stance on Blacklisting IRGC “Awkward, Unwise”: Tehran

Iran on Wednesday vehemently condemned Saudi Arabia and Bahrain’s support for US blacklisting of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Bahram Qassemi described stances of Saudi and Bahraini officials as “awkward and unwise.” “Awkward and unwise stances of Saudi and Bahraini officials proves that they have a ...

April 10, 2019

Middle East

Bahrain's Ayatollah Sheikh Issa al-Qassem

Sheikh Issa Qassem: Bahraini People on Way to Victory

Prominent Bahraini Shia cleric, Sheikh Issa Al-Qassem, stressed that Bahrain is an honorable Muslim Arab country that needs stability based on just relationship between its people and government. On the eighth anniversary of February 14 revolution, Sheikh Qassem stressed in a statement that change in Bahrain is needed, noting that ...

February 15, 2019

Middle East

Sheikh Ali Salman, Secretary General of Bahraini opposition group, al-Wefaq

Sheikh Salman Hails Bahrainis’ Steadfastness, Slams Arab States over Attending Warsaw Conference

The imprisoned Secretary General of prominent Shia opposition group in Bahrain, Sheikh Ali Salman saluted steadfastness of Bahrainis on the eighth anniversary of February 14 revolution. In a call from his prison, Sheikh Salman hailed Bahrainis’ steadfastness and their sticking to the peacefulness of pro-democracy protests, UNews agency reported, citing ...

February 15, 2019

Lebanon

Hezbollah: Bahraini Regime Resorts to Reckless, Malicious Policies against People

Hezbollah issued on Monday a statement in which it strongly condemned the Bahraini Court of Cassation’s sentence to life imprisonment against opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman and former deputies Sheikh Hassan Sultan and Ali Al-Aswad on charges of “communicating with the State of Qatar.” The statement considered that “unfair” sentence ...

January 28, 2019

Middle East

Al-Wefaq: Trials in Bahrain Just to Cover up Regime’s Tyranny

Bahraini opposition group, Al-Wefaq denounced as political a life sentence against its leader, Sheikh Ali Salman, and two of his aides. In a statement released shortly after Bahrain’s supreme court announced it was upholding life term for Sheikh Salman and his two aides, Al-Wefaq lashed out at the Bahraini regime, ...

January 28, 2019

Middle East

Bahraini Regime Court Issues Final Verdict against Sheikh Ali Salman

Bahrain’s supreme court, whose verdicts are final, on Monday upheld a life term for Shiite opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman, a judicial source said. Sheikh Salman, who headed the Shiite Al-Wefaq group, was convicted in November of “communicating with Qatari officials… to overthrow constitutional order”, a ruling rights groups have ...

January 28, 2019

Middle East

Bahrain Rejects UN Call to Release Activist Rajab

Bahrain on Friday rejected a UN call to release prominent activist Nabeel Rajab, saying he is serving a five-year sentence for “false” tweets “which do not fall within freedom of expression”. The remarks by the General Directorate of Anti-Corruption and Economic and Electronic Crimes came a week after the UN ...

January 11, 2019

Middle East

Kuwait's Deputy foreign minister Khaled Al-Jarallah

Kuwait Expects Thaw Relations between Syria, Arab States

Kuwait said on Monday it expected more Arab countries to reopen embassies in Damascus in “coming days” but added that the move would need a green light from the Arab League, which suspended Syria’s membership seven years ago. Arab states, including some that once backed militants against the Syrian government, ...

January 2, 2019

Middle East

Bahraini prominent rights activist Nabeel Rajab

Bahrain’s Nabeel Rajab Loses Final Appeal Against Jail Term

A prominent Bahraini activist on Monday lost his final appeal against a five-year jail term for writing tweets deemed “offensive” to the Bahraini regime. The Gulf regime’s supreme court, whose verdicts are final, upheld the jail term against Nabeel Rajab, his second imprisonment verdict this year, for criticizing the monarchy ...

December 31, 2018