The mother of martyrs Mostafa and Mohammad Hamdan said she is ready to sacrifice her third child, Ammar, in defense of religion.

Bahrain scholars said that “the brutal massacre committed by this bloody regime with American-regional complicity and international silence, only increased our strength, firmness and readiness to all possibilities

The Kuwaiti Progressive Movement and the Kuwaiti Democratic Platform said that they “following with great concern and regret the events witnessed in the village of Diraz, in the sister Kingdom of Bahrain.

The family of martyr Mohammad Abdul Nabi al-Akri confirmed his martyrdom in the attack launched by regime forces Tuesday (May 23, 2017) against protesters outside the house of Sheikh Isa Qassim in Diraz.

Associated Press: Hundreds of Iranian worshippers have rallied in Tehran to denounce a Bahrain police raid on the hometown of a prominent Shiite cleric this week that left five of his supporters dead and 286 arrested.

Families of Diraz martyrs said that they refuse to yield to any request by the Bahraini security authorities to bury their sons in the Hura cemetery.

Supporters of Islamic Movement in Nigeria staged an assembly on Thursday (May 25, 2017) to condemn Diraz massacre and raid carried on the house of spiritual leader of Shiite majority in Bahrain, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.

The Al-Bawaba news website said that Bahraini protesters have defied Manama's warning against holding more public gatherings and stayed on the streets in a show of anger against the regime's bloody crackdown on Diraz, the home village of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim.

The American "Washington Post" newspaper described Diraz raid as the deadliest one carried out by the Bahraini government on opposition in years.

Bahrain is investigating the death of five people during a raid on the home village of the spiritual leader of its Shi'ite Muslim community, the interior ministry said on Thursday.

Amnesty International confirmed that there are 8 civilians suffering from serious injuries in the intensive care unit in Bahrain hospitals, as a result of the security forces’ attack on Diraz Tuesday (May 23, 2017).

Lebanon’s Hezbollah Secretary General Sayed Hassan Nasrallah called on Lebanon to refuse the exile of Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, Bahrain’s Shiite Leader, to its territories, just as Iraq has refused.

Activists published photos on social media outlets showing security forces affiliated to the ministry of interior while raiding the besieged village of Diraz using dozens of vehicles and number of armors and accompanying some of the detainees who were arrested as a result of the bloody attack on Diraz.

Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society said in a statement that the Bahraini regime has committed, with international complicity and silence, a heinous crime and historic sin and blatant violation of all international norms protecting the principles of human rights.

Human Rights First today called on the Trump Administration to condemn the actions of Bahraini security forces who reportedly attacked peaceful protesters in the village of Diraz.

Saudi Arabia on Wednesday defended the actions of Bahraini authorities who opened fire on a protest by supporters of a top Shiite cleric, killing five people.

Angry protests continued to be staged in Bahrain for the second day in a row, in condemnation of the deadly attack by regime forces against protesters in Diraz.

The Ministry of Interior announced the names of 4 martyrs killed during the security raid on Diraz Tuesday (May 23, 2017), adding that it is still looking into the identity of a 5th martyr.

The Bahraini National Democratic Movement Forces said that they followed up “the unfortunate and disturbing development that began Tuesday morning when the Ministry of Interior (MoI) announced the entry of its forces to the village of Diraz”.

Bahraini security forces on Tuesday raided the home of the kingdom's Shi'ite Muslim spiritual leader and shot dead at least one demonstrator during the operation.