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Qatari FM: Qatar Emir to Attend Gulf Summit Despite Row
2017-12-04
Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani is expected to attend the annual summit of Gulf Arab heads of state in Kuwait on Dec. 5 and 6, Qatar’s foreign minister said on Sunday, despite a deep dispute within the group.
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Kuwait FM Says his Country Ready to Host GCC Summit
2017-12-04
First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Kuwait Shaikh Sabah Al Khalid Al Hamad Al Sabah has said on Sunday that his c
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Al-Wefaq: Ayatollah Qassim Admitted to Hospital by his Family
2017-12-04
Al-Wefaq Society confirmed that the spiritual leader of the Shiite majority, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, was taken to hospital this morning.
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Widespread Campaign Launched in Bahrain’s Al-Dair Leads to at Least 5 Arrests
2017-12-04
Bahraini Interior Ministry forces launched a large-scale security campaign, raiding a number of houses in the village of Al-Dair in Muharraq Governorate, which resulted in the arrests of at least 5 citizens.
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3 Citizens Arrested Today at Dawn
2017-12-02
The security authorities continued their intense campaign against citizens and raided a number of citizens’ houses, arresting at least 3.
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Court Upholds 3-Year Jail Verdict against Suspect Accused of Assembling in Ras Rumman
2017-12-02
The Sixth High Criminal Court upheld a verdict sentencing a suspect accused of assembling to 3 years in prison.
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Bahrain Denies Hampering Treatment for Top Shiite Cleric
2017-12-02
Bahrain's government on Friday denied hampering medical care for top Shiite cleric Isa Qassim, after the key opposition figure's family refused state-sanctioned treatment as fears mounted over his deteriorating health.
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TechnipFMC-Led Consortium to Expand Bahrain Refinery
2017-12-02
State-run Bahrain Petroleum Co (Bapco) has awarded a consortium led by UK-based TechnipFMC a contract to expand Bahrain's only oil refinery, sources close to the matter told Reuters on Friday.
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Standard & Poor's Cuts Bahrain Rating to “B+”
2017-12-02
S&P Global Ratings on Friday lowered Bahrain’s long-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings on Bahrain to ‘B+’ from ‘BB-'.
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Sayed Al-Ghuraifi: Ayatollah Qassim is Guarantee of Security & Stability in Bahrain, Our Responsibility is to Provide Him with Care
2017-12-01
Prominent Shiite cleric, Sayed Abdullah Al-Ghuraifi, has demanded medical care for the spiritual leader of the country's Shia majority, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.
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3&10-Year Jail Verdicts against 4 Defendants Accused of Blasting Gas Cylinder in Sitra
2017-12-01
The Fourth High Criminal Court issued 10-year jail verdict against 2 suspects accused of blasting gas cylinder in an Asian car they stole, along with other two, from Sitra village. The court also sentenced their third partner to 3 years in prison because he was under 18 when the incident took place.
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Bahrain: Four Citizens Arrested from Abu Saiba, One from Al-Ma’amir
2017-12-01
The security authorities launched harsh campaign against villages of Abu Saiba and Al-Shakoura and raided a number of houses, arresting at least 4 citizens.
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Yemen Blockade Needs to be Fully Wound Down - U.N. Aid Chief
2017-12-01
The Saudi-led military coalition must fully lift its blockade on Yemen, where seven or eight million are "right on the brink of famine", U.N. humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock said on Friday, but he declined to say if maintaining such a blockade was legal.
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Kuwait Invites Boycott-Hit Qatar to Gulf Summit
2017-12-01
Kuwait on Thursday invited Qatar to a summit of Gulf countries next week, state media said, the first such invitation in a months-long Saudi-led diplomatic boycott of Doha.
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Trump's Gulf policies impulsive and dangerous: Iranian minister
2017-12-01
U.S. President Donald Trump's policies in the Gulf are dangerous and misguided, Iran's foreign minister said on Thursday, adding that pressure from Washington had only succeeded in strengthening Tehran's resolve.
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Saudi Arabia Intercepts Yemeni Missile, Second in a Month
2017-12-01
A ballistic missile fired by Yemen's armed Houthi group at Saudi Arabia was shot down on Thursday near the south-western city of Khamis Mushait, the Saudi-owned al-Arabiya channel reported.
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AFP: Bahrain’s Top Shia Cleric Isa Qassim in Critical Condition Under House Arrest
2017-12-01
The health of Bahrain's top Shia cleric and leading figure in the kingdom's opposition movement, Ayatollah Isa Qassim, has deteriorated and his life is in danger, rights groups said Thursday.
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Trump Announces in Meeting with Salman bin Hamad that Bahrain Brokered $9B Deals with US
2017-12-01
US president Donald Trump announced that Bahrain has promoted $9 billion in commercial deals with US companies during a White House meeting.
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Thousands Protest in Bahrain against Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim’s Denial of Treatment
2017-12-01
Thousands took to the streets in Bahrain late Thursday (November 30, 2017) to demand lifting the siege imposed by the authorities on the supreme Shia religious leader in Bahrain the island kingdom Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.
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ADHRB: Bahraini Authorities Must Reinstate Sheikh Isa Qassim’s Citizenship, Drop All Charges against Him
2017-12-01
American for Democracy and Human Right is Bahrain (ADHRB) condemned the ongoing persecution of the spiritual leader of Bahrain’s Shia majority, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, by Bahraini authorities.