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Voters queue up during parliamentary elections, at a polling station set up at the Seef Mall shopping center in Manama, on November 22, 2014.(REUTERS/Stringer)

High turnout as polls close in Bahraini elections despite opposition boycott

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Nov 23, 2014 | Middle East

Manama, Asharq Al-Awsat—Bahrainis voted in parliamentary and municipal elections on Saturday amid a high turnout, despite calls for a boycott of the polls from the country’s main opposition groups. Speaking to the press from a polling station, Justice Minister Sheikh...

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A man walks past by the Al Wefaq party’s headquarters in Manama, Bahrain, on October 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

Opinion: In Bahrain, It’s Either the Parliament or the Street

by Salman Al-dossary | Nov 3, 2014 | Opinion

As Bahrain nears the fourth year of its crisis—more a security crisis than a political one—the internal troubles in the Gulf’s smallest country show no sign of abating: for neither have the security measures employed by the government recently had any tangible...

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US Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Tom Malinowski. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Bahrain expels top US diplomat

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Jul 8, 2014 | Middle East

Manama, Asharq Al-Awsat—A senior US diplomat has been ordered to leave Bahrain after meeting with a leading Shi’a opposition group, the Bahraini government said on Monday. US Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Tom Malinowski met Sunday...

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Anti-government protesters holding banners reading “Never Surrender” march during a demonstration organised by Bahrain’s main opposition party Al Wefaq, March 15, 2013. Source: REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Security Sources Say Bahrain Opposition Planning Violence

by Ubaid Al-Suhaimy | Mar 15, 2013 | Middle East

Manama, Asharq Al-Awsat—The security situation in Bahrain is under control despite opposition groups attempting to incite youth to violence, a source within the Bahrain’s Interior Minister told Asharq Al-Awsat. The security source, speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat on the...