Local unrest, mainly stemming from the Shia population, has sporadically disrupted business operations and supply chains. Despite these challenges, Bahrain's economy has demonstrated resilience ...

The decade of political unrest has its roots in a deep tribal and religious divide in the population of Bahrain. As in other parts of the Middle East, tensions between the Shiite and Sunni Muslim ...

Hundreds of Iraqis have meanwhile demonstrated outside the Bahraini embassy in Baghdad in support of the Bahrain protesters Iraqi followers of Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr protest in front of the ...

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