Fresh nighttime clashes have broken out between Bahraini security forces and anti-regime demonstrators protesting the arrest of prominent opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman. Regime security forces used tear gas and rubber bullets on the island of Sitra and in the villages of Karbabad and Bouri to disperse the protesters. Earlier on Wednesday, ...

[caption id="attachment_135767" align="alignright" width="184"] Bahrain's al-Wefaq opposition group leader Sheikh Ali Salman[/caption] Bahrains main opposition party has dismissed involvement in the recent bombings in the Persian Gulf sheikhdom, saying it is committed to merely peaceful activities. Al-Wefaq issued a statement on Tuesday, saying the ...

Bahraini opposition parties have strongly condemned an attack on the headquarters of al-Wefaq National Islamic Society. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the coalition of National Democratic Opposition Parties condemned the move, terming it a serious transgression with an intention to kill or harm. The attack on the headquarters of Bahrains main ...

DUBAI: Pro-democracy demonstrators clashed with police inBahrainThursday as they marked the third anniversary of an Arab Spring-inspired uprising that was crushed with the help of Saudi-led troops, witnesses said. It was the first of three days of protests called by the Shiite-led opposition to mark Friday's anniversary as they seek to give new momentum ...

The escalation of crackdown on anti-government protesters in Bahrain will merely intensify opposition against the Manama regime, a political analyst tellsPress TV. In a Friday interview, George Labaki pointed to the latest report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) about Al Khalifa regimes rights violations, adding, The Bahraini government is trying to break ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Tens of thousands marched in Bahrain on Friday in the largest anti-government protest in months in the violence-gripped nation. Sporadic clashes with security forces broke out as the demonstrators clogged a main highway, but the marches were mostly peaceful. The rally was approved by Bahrain's rulers as part of efforts to ...