Lawyer Balqees Al-Manami is not demanding the impossible. All she is asking for is a passport for her infant son to leave the country and reunite with her husband.

A US Army-affiliated website “Stars and Stripes” said that “the Islamic State (ISIS) has called on its followers to carry out attacks in Bahrain, including on U.S. installations, presumably including the U.S. 5th Fleet.”

Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society said that the Bahraini regime’s step to uphold a 9-year imprisonment sentence against national opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman is “an adventure” which further aggravates the political, economic, and human rights situation.

Detainees complained that they are receiving their medical treatment in the “Kalaa” Hospital while they are restrained movement. They also indicated the guards saying that the prison administration is aware of this procedure.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) reiterated today (December 12, 2016) in a statement its demand that the Bahraini authorities immediately release prominent rights activist Nabeel Rajab.

Former Vice Chair of the National Intelligence Council, Ellen Laipson, believed that there is a US trend under the new administration to change the policy toward Iran. She called on discussing with Iran the files it likes to participate in, among which is water scarcity in the Middle East.

Bahraini Parliamentary Financial Committee expressed its concern about rising public debt that reached as in December 2015 about 7.2 billion BD.

Bahraini newspaper al-Wasat reported that the Northern Municipality referred the case of construction violations committed by a Member of Parliament, to the Public Prosecution after all settlement attempts.

Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) Governor Rashid Al-Miraj said that issue of tax regimes and raising it in the Gulf States remain a financial matter under the specialty of the Ministry of Finance and the Finance Ministers in the region, who are competent to deal with such issues.

Sartaj Aziz, Advisor on Foreign Affairs to Pakistani Prime Minister, considered that war on Yemen carries sectarian dimension. This was one of the reasons that prevented his country from taking part in the war.

Recently disclosed chain of emails between Hillary Clinton and her advisor shed light on reality of Saudi role in crushing Bahraini uprising and killing anti-regime Shia protestors.

Bahrain's appeals court on Monday upheld a nine-year jail sentence against opposition chief Sheikh Ali Salman, a judicial source said, the latest move in a crackdown on the Shiite majority.

Iran summoned the British ambassador on Saturday to protest against remarks by Prime Minister Theresa May who accused Tehran of "aggressive regional actions" in a speech to a Gulf Arab summit.

Bahrain’s High Appeals Court upheld on Monday (December 12, 2016) a nine-year jail sentence handed down to opposition leader and Al-Wefaq Secretary-General Sheikh Ali Salman.

Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah opened the new parliament Sunday by declaring that a reduction in public spending is "inevitable" in the face of weak oil prices.

Detainees held in building 4 in Jaw Prison declared going on a hunger strike (Sunday December 11, 2016) in protest of a guard attacking detainees performing prayers.

Bahrain’s Interior Minister Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa received last Friday (December 9, 2016), Hakan Fidan, head of the Turkish National Intelligence Organization, in presence of high-ranked officials from Bahrain and Turkey.

Bahraini King’s son, Nasser bin Hamad, said that his bicycle “flew in the air”, due to wind, which caused its crash, and thus prevented him from completing the “Ironman” race launched Saturday.

In this chosen section, a Jordanian officer expresses his deep remorse for beating and torturing prisoners of the March 10, 2015 incidents. He explains how the Bahraini Interior Ministry misled the Jordanian police officers, whom Bahrain employed and gave wrong information about the detainees and dissidents.

This book comes to you from behind prison walls in Bahrain. It is not the story of someone who was once in prison, it is the voice of someone who still is.