Bahrain’s senior cleric, Ayatollah Sheikh Issa al-Qassem is to undergo a surgery, his aides said on Wednesday, two days after the top Shia cleric left Manama to UK for medical treatment. Aides accompanying Ayatollah Qassem in London said in a statement that the senior cleric, whose health has been deteriorating ...
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 ...