Bahrain

  • Feb 17, 2011
  • 2 min read

MIDDLE EAST: Waves of unrest yet to be quelled

A police raid on a protest camp in Manama, Bahrain, in the early hours of today left at...

  • Feb 16, 2011
  • 3 min read

MIDDLE EAST: Rising unrest tests Libya and Bahrain

Protesters clashed with police in Benghazi in eastern Libya today, where eyewitnesses report that...

Libya
  • Feb 15, 2011
  • 2 min read

BAHRAIN: Shia protests set to escalate

The main Shia opposition bloc, al-Wefaq, said today that it was suspending its participation in...

Bahrain
  • Jan 19, 2011
  • 13 min read

GULF STATES: Energy inefficiency raises political risk

Domestic energy consumption has been increasing rapidly, due to population growth, but also low,...

Gulf States
  • Nov 25, 2010
  • 7 min read

MIDDLE EAST: Gulf firms prevail in regional telecoms

United Arab Emirates-based Etisalat is set to finalise in January a deal to acquire a controlling...

  • Oct 26, 2010
  • 7 min read

BAHRAIN: Election results to renew Al Wefaq's momentum

Elections on October 23 saw the predominantly Shia political society, Al Wefaq, extend its...

Bahrain
  • Oct 25, 2010
  • 2 min read

BAHRAIN: Election results bode well for stability

The Shia-dominated opposition Al Wefaq party won all 18 seats it...

Bahrain
  • Sep 23, 2010
  • 7 min read

BAHRAIN: Crackdown will further radicalise Shia

Prominent Shia cleric Ayatollah Hussein Mirza al-Najati has been stripped of his citizenship,...

Bahrain