Posts Tagged: Bahrain
Gulf Arab States Should Be Party to Proposed Iran Treaty Talks: UAE Official
Washington's Gulf Arab allies should be included in proposed treaty negotiations with Iran over its ballistic missile program and regional behavior, a senior Emirati official...
Palestinians Condemn UAE, Bahrain Presence in Cycle Race in Israel
Palestinians have expressed outrage at teams from the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain for taking part in the opening legs of the Giro d'Italia cycling...
The Rivalry of Iran and Bahrain: Ancient Ambitions, New Tactics
Iran’s push for hegemony in the Persian Gulf is hardly new. It stems from geostrategic and geopolitical factors related to the region’s importance in all...
Indian Intellectual: Lack of Angry Arab Response to Reported Upcoming PM Modi Visit to Israel Due to Sunni Back Channel Cahoots With Jewish State Against Iran
The editor-in-chief of one of India’s most widely circulated English-language dailies claimed on Sunday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reported upcoming visit to Israel in the...
Bahraini Columnist: Stabbing Innocent Civilians ‘Will Not Lead to Victory,’ Only Further Hatred of Muslims, Arabs
A Bahraini columnist on Tuesday condemned Arabs and Muslims who carry out stabbing attacks against civilians, arguing such incidents only succeed in inciting further hatred,...
Bahrain Claims It Foiled Iranian-Backed Terrorist Plot
Bahrain authorities say they foiled an Iranian-linked plot to conduct terrorist attacks in the country, according to Bahrain's state news agency BNA and as reported by Yahoo!...
Bahraini FM Says Explosives Smuggled by Iran to Proxies in Country Enough to Eliminate Manama
Bahrain's Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa accused Iran of smuggling a quantity of explosives to its proxies in Bahrain so large that it could...
Iran’s Khamenei Says US is Enemy to Both Sunni and Shia Muslims in the Middle East
The United States is the enemy of both Shia and Sunni Muslims, as well as the world's main sponsor of terrorism, claimed Iranian Supreme Leader...
Bahrain Prince Condemns Islamic Violence
In a remarkable but thus-far unnoticed address on Dec. 5, Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, the crown prince of Bahrain (an island kingdom in the Persian Gulf...
Canadian Minister Compares Israel and Iran Human Rights Records
Jason Kenney, Canada's Minister of Employment, Social Development & Multiculturalism, took to Twitter on Thursday to reinforce an official statement from John Baird, Canada's Foreign Affairs...
Gulf States to Consider Screening for Homosexuality During Visa Application Process
A proposal to screen for homosexuality and transgender individuals seeking entry to Gulf Cooperation Council states is to be discussed during a GCC meeting in...
Biden at J Street Conference: Regional Unrest Offers Opportunity to Reach Peace Agreement
JTA - Instability in the Middle East presents an incentive to advance Israeli-Palestinian peace, Vice President Joe Biden told J Street's annual conference. After...
The Arab Spring, Israel and Bahrain’s 38 Jews in the Eyes of Jewish Ambassador to U.S. (INTERVIEW)
Tiny Bahrain consists mainly of a 34-mile island connected to Saudi Arabia by a causeway, but aside from having modest oil and gas reserves,...
Chuck Hagel Joins the Palestine Firsters
Chuck Hagel established himself as a Palestine Firster on October 27, 2009, speaking at J Street's first national conference: "The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is central, not...
