Tag: Bahrain
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Int’l Relations: Bahrain, Qatar end diplomatic feud, restore ties
Two countriee Qatar and Bahrain have announced end to their age-long diplomatic row since 2017. Both countries have now re-established diplomatic relations six years after both countries severed relations. Recall that Bahrain in 2017 joined Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt in imposing a diplomatic blockade on Qatar. The countries’ rivalry goes back…
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Pope Francis makes first papal trip to Bahrain
Pope Francis is making the first-ever papal trip to Bahrain this week, sparking calls from the country’s majority Shia opposition and human rights activists for the pontiff to raise human rights concerns in the small island nation. The island off the coast of Saudi Arabia is ruled by a Sunni monarchy that violently quashed 2011…