by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Mar 30, 2017 | Middle East
Manama – A Bahraini court issued on Wednesday prison and life sentences against 22 convicts involved in forming a terrorist cell, which killed two policemen and injured six in Sitra Island by a bomb detonated remotely. The cell included former MP and member of...
by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Jan 31, 2017 | Middle East
Manama – Bahrain’s judiciary scheduled a hearing session in the trial of cleric Issa Qassim on February 12. A court session was held in the capital Manama earlier in the absence of Qassim and under tight security measures. On June 20, 2016, Bahraini authorities...
by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Jan 30, 2017 | Middle East
Manama – Bahraini police officer was shot dead in an attack claimed as a “terrorist attack” by authorities. Bahrain’s Interior Ministry said Sunday that First Lt. Hisham al-Hammadi was killed in the Bilad al-Qadeem village near the capital Manama, and a...
by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Jun 17, 2016 | Middle East
Manama-Bahrain’s Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al-Khalifa dismissed any compromise regarding national security and stability, highlighting that the strict application of the law cannot be compromised even in well-established democracies. He added that the...
by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | May 30, 2016 | Middle East
Manama- An appeals court in Bahrain has upheld the life sentences as well as the citizenship revocation of five activists over allegations of spying for the Iranian National Guard and planning attacks in the country by training people to use weapons and explosives to...