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.

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.”