List of Bahrain articles
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Hakeem al-Araibi, a former Bahrain national team soccer player with refugee status in Australia, is escorted by immigration police to a court in Bangkok on Dec. 11, 2018. FIFA Cares About Cash, Not Players
By allowing a refugee soccer player to remain stranded in Thailand, soccer’s governing body is scoring another own goal.
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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani at the State Department in Washington on June 27, 2017. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) Qatar’s Ramped-Up Lobbying Efforts Find Success in Washington
But strategic dialogues don’t come cheap.
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Bahraini men hold up a national flag and a placard reading in Arabic "Jerusalem is the compass of the revolutionaries" during a demonstration in the village of Diraz on July 10, 2015. (Mohammed al-Shaikh/AFP/Getty Images) From Bahrain to Jerusalem
A Bahraini delegation's trip to Israel is the latest sign of the Gulf monarchies' burgeoning alliance with the Jewish state.
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CAIRO, EGYPT - FEBRUARY 01: A youth waves Egyptian flags from a lamp post in Tahrir Square on February 1, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. The Egyptian army has said it will not fire on protestors as they gather in large numbers in central Cairo. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) Egypt Cracks Down, Again
Rainbow flags, political challengers, and citizenship laws are all in Cairo’s crosshairs.
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Boot1 My Summer Holiday to the Forever War
America's military is scattered around the world fighting a battle they can't afford to lose — and don't have the resources to win.
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corker crop Corker: No More U.S. Arms Sales to Gulf Until Qatar Crisis Solved
Sen. Bob Corker has no qualms playing bad cop as Tillerson works to salvage Gulf relations from a bitter Qatar feud.
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GettyImages-500317972 Will Qatar’s Diplomatic Exile Spark the Next Great War?
The Sunni Gulf powers have long been spoiling for a fight with Iran. This could be just the excuse they need.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 His Excellency, Sheikh Donald of the House of Trump
Why the president-elect is already a big hit in the Persian Gulf.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Bahrain Tightens the Screws
Years after promising democratic reforms, Bahrain’s government is going after its critics with a new vigor. How long will London and Washington hold their tongues?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 When Bahrain Says You’re Not Bahraini Anymore
Afraid of losing its grip on power, the Sunni regime is using citizenship as a weapon.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why Is Bahrain’s Government Afraid of a Tweet?
I am on trial for saying what everyone knows: Bahraini authorities are turning a blind eye to the Islamic State.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Whatever Happened to Bahrain’s Torture Reforms?
Despite promises of change, abuses by police and security services remain commonplace in the kingdom.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How Obama Caved on Bahrain
What’s that sound you hear from the White House on the human rights abuses and brutal autocratic government in Manama? Silence.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Bahrain Is Still My Country
I have been imprisoned, tortured, and now made stateless for protesting against the cruel monarchy. I won’t stop. But when will the United States and Britain realize they are backing a thuggish autocracy?
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