Clashes broke out between demonstrators and Bahraini regime forces in several areas across Bahrain. Shops were closed in many villages, as youths set tires ablaze, blocking a number of streets.

How did the demonstrators react to yesterday’s verdict? What is their response to the Interior Ministry’s notices? Will they end their sit-in after an entire year of protesting in the square opposite to Ayatollah Qassim’s house?

Mystery surrounds the fate of Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, highest Shiite religious leader in Bahrain, since the security attack by Ministry of Interior forces Tuesday dawn (May 23, 2017) to disperse protest outside Sheikh Isa’s house in Diraz.

The Bahraini regime’s heavily armed security forces attacked (Tuesday May 23, 2017) the inside yard of the country’s Shiite majority leader, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, and arrested protesters there.

Human Rights Watch condemned the Diraz security operation conducted by Bahraini regime forces Tuesday morning (May 23, 2017), and described it as a crackdown on freedom of expression.

Bahrain was struck by deep security turmoil today morning (Tuesday May 23, 2017) after authorities raises the town of Diraz, home to the country’s Shiite majority spiritual leader, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.

A protester was killed Tuesday in a Bahraini police raid on a sit-in by supporters of a leading Shiite cleric put on trial in the Gulf state, a rights group said.

Yemen’s Ansarullah stated that any security operation targeting the spiritual leader of Bahrain's Shiite majority, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, “will not have favorable consequences.”

Activists said security forces killed a protester during a raid on the home village of Bahrain's Shi'ite Muslim spiritual leader on Tuesday.

Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, largest political opposition society in Bahrain, launched an urgent appeal calling on the international community to interfere to stop the security attack, which it described as “massacre”, taking place in Bahrain now.

: Bahrain police on Tuesday opened fire on a long-running sit-in in support of a leading Shiite cleric in the Sunni-ruled Gulf state, hit by years of unrest.

Youth Mohammad Kadhem Zainuldine (39 years) martyred after receiving gunshots by the forces affiliated to the ministry of interior while raiding Diraz village, where thousands are protesting outside Sheikh Isa Qassim’s house.

Bahrain's interior ministry said it had launched a security operation on Tuesday in the home village of the country's Shi'ite Muslim spiritual leader, the site of a sit-in encampment of his followers.

Bahrain police say they’ve launched an operation targeting a town where a sit-in has been going on for months supporting a prominent Shiite cleric who had his citizenship stripped by the government.

Bahrain witnessed today Sunday many angry protests denouncing the court’s sentence issued against religious leader Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, over charges of managing the Shiite religious Khums ritual.

Bahraini scholars issued a statement calling on the men and women of the country to fill mosques in all regions in Bahrain on Saturday night (May 20, 2017), on the eve of scheduled trial of Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim on Sunday (May 21, 2017).

The Third High Criminal Court decided to adjourn the appeals of Dr. Taha Al-Dirazi and Mullah Hani Ali Ahmad Basira until May 24 for pleading.

The Supreme Court of Appeals upheld a first-instance verdict issued against 2 appellants, sentencing one to 3 years in prison and another one to 10 years. Meanwhile, the court commuted the sentence of a defendant from 10 to 5 years in prison in a case that contains 32 suspects related to Diraz blast.

Bahrain's First High Criminal Court sentenced a defendant to 10 years in prison and 10 others to 5 years (because they are under 18) over torturing a youth in Diraz.

Bahrain’s First High Criminal Court sentenced a defendant to 10 years in prison and 10 others to 5 years (because they are under 18) over torturing a youth in Diraz.