Another Shia cleric, Sheikh Ali Salman, the secretary general of Bahrain’s main opposition bloc al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, was arrested on December 28, 2014 after Manama accused him of ...

The Shia cleric was known as a popular leader who fought for human rights in Bahrain. He was an outspoken critic of the al-Khalifa regime and signed many anti-regime statements made public by ...

Local unrest, mainly stemming from the Shia population, has sporadically disrupted business operations and supply chains. Despite these challenges, Bahrain's economy has demonstrated resilience ...

Hundreds of Iraqis have meanwhile demonstrated outside the Bahraini embassy in Baghdad in support of the Bahrain protesters Iraqi followers of Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr protest in front of the ...