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AP: British Royal Trip Comes as Bahrain Unrest Far from Over
2016-11-11
In the small town of Diraz, just a few miles from where Prince Charles met with Bahrain's royals, there is graffiti demanding the death of the Gulf island's monarch, armored vehicles with chicken wire on their windows and a tense calm that could be shattered at any time.
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Marc Owen Jones: Saudi Propaganda Flooded Twitter with Over Million Fake Accounts, Demonising Sheikh Isa Qassim & Bahraini Opposition
2016-11-10
Marc Owen Jones writes about his “discovery of thousands of fake twitter accounts polluting hashtags around Persian Gulf with anti-Shia and anti-Iranian propaganda.”
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Saudi Arabia Assigns Bahraini who was Judge in National Safety Courts to Investigate Funeral Hall Massacre in Yemen!
2016-11-08
The British Independent newspaper said that “Saudi Arabia has appointed a Bahraini national accused of overseeing torture and unfairly sentencing Arab Spring protesters to lengthy jail terms to investigate human rights violations caused by coalition bombing in Yemen.”
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Former British Minister Says He was Misled by UK MoD to Agree on Selling Missiles to Saudi Arabia
2016-11-07
The Former British business secretary Vince Cable announced in an interview published on Saturday, November 5, 2016 that he was misled by the British Ministry of Defence to agree on exporting missiles to Saudi Arabia.
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Bahraini Interior Minister Sends Written Message to Saudi Crown Prince
2016-11-07
The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz received a written message today from Bahrain's Minister of Interior Sheikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa.
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Sentence Over, Saudi Activist Still in Prison
2016-11-05
A Saudi Arabian activist remains in prison despite completing his eight-year sentence for protesting the war in Gaza, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday.
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Tunisian PM Sacks Minister over Criticism of Saudi Arabian Islam
2016-11-05
Tunisia's prime minister sacked the minister of religious affairs on Friday after he accused Saudi Arabia's Wahhabi brand of Islam of being behind "terrorism and extremism".
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MoI Says Bahraini Wanted by Saudi Arabia Left Country in 2012
2016-11-01
The Bahraini Ministry of Interior said on Sunday (October 30, 2016) that the Bahraini suspect whose name was mentioned among the 9 suspects in Saudi Arabia left the country via the King Fahad Causeway in 2012.
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Saudi Security Officer Killed in Drive-by Shooting in Qatif
2016-11-01
A Saudi security officer was killed and a second was wounded on Sunday in a drive-by shooting in the Eastern Province city of Qatif, state-owned Al Arabiya television reported.
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Saudi Ministry of Interior Uncovers ISIS-Linked Cell Planning to Target Football Stadium in Jeddah
2016-10-31
The Saudi Ministry of Interior announced on Sunday that it uncovered a terrorist cell in Shaqraa that has links with “ISIS” and foiled a terrorist thread that targeted the Jewel (Al-Jowharah) stadium in Jeddah. The ministry also arrested 9 perpetrators in terrorist crimes.
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Saudi Arabia Announces 9 Individuals Accused of “Terrorism and Sabotaging” with Bahraini Among them
2016-10-31
The Saudi Ministry of Interior announced on Sunday (October 30, 2016) a financial reward of SR 1,000,000 (100.000 BD) to anyone who reports any information that leads to the arrest of 9 individuals believed to be protestors in the Middle East and accused of thwarting terrorist actions. It is to mention that a Bahraini suspect is said to be among these 9 individuals.
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Turki al-Faisal: Washington Policies Take Bahrain into Iran’s Arms
2016-10-30
Former Head of Saudi Intelligence Apparatus, Turki al-Faisal, expressed his deep concern about the future of the political situation in Bahrain, as he believed that “the Iranian power is growing in it in a worrying and dangerous way.”
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Ansarullah Deny Targeting Mecca, Say Claims an Attempt to Turn Muslims on Each Other
2016-10-30
The spokesman of Yemen's Ansarullah movement Mohammad Abdul Salam denied on Friday claims that his movement targeted the holy city of Mecca with a missile.
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Amnesty International Launches Campaign to Release Nabeel Rajab and Fadhel Abbas
2016-10-27
Amnesty International said that “the Bahraini authorities must immediately and unconditionally release human rights activist Nabeel Rajab and opposition leader Fadhel Abbas, two prisoners of conscience who are facing long prison sentences for using Twitter to voice concerns about human rights abuses in the conflict in Yemen.”
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Two Saudi Security Officers Shot Dead by Gunmen
2016-10-25
Gunmen shot dead two Saudi security officers in the eastern city of Dammam on Tuesday, Saudi-owned Arabiya TV reported.
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Coalition Blockade Strands Thousands of Yemenis
2016-10-25
Leaving Yemen is now an unattainable dream for Abdulsalam Khaled who cannot travel despite being awarded a scholarship to pursue his education in India, because of a Saudi-led coalition blockade.
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Yemen Truce Expires After Day of Heavy Fighting, Reuters
2016-10-25
A supposed ceasefire in the Yemen conflict expired a minute before midnight on Saturday after a day of heavy fighting between Saudi-backed forces and the Iran-allied Houthi movement, Reuters reported.
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“Arab Gulf Security” Drill to be Held in Manama at End of October
2016-10-23
Joint “Gulf” Tactical Exercise is being prepared to be held in the Kingdom of Bahrain at the end of October 2016 in the Prince Naif Security City.
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UN Urges ‘Restraint’ as shaky Yemen Truce Holds
2016-10-23
The UN special envoy for Yemen today urged “restraint” as a shaky truce imposed under global pressure to end the war on the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula takes hold.
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Saudi Coalition Violated Law with Yemen Funeral Strike -U.N. Monitors
2016-10-21
A Saudi Arabia-led military campaign in Yemen violated international humanitarian law with a so-called "double tap" air strike on a funeral gathering in the rebel-held capital Sanaa, United Nations sanctions monitors told the Security Council.