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Taking Advantage of Regional Conflicts, Bahraini Regime Cracks Down on Opposition
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/23259

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The crisis in #Bahrain is headed back towards escalation. The al-Khalifa regime has decided to take advantage of the regional situation, with the major players preoccupied with other threats, to step up its crackdown on the opposition, and unsettle the climate of de-escalation that prevailed in the country since the opposition agreed to dialogue.

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#Bahrain Summons #Lebanon Ambassador over Nasrallah Remarks
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/bahrain-summons-lebanon-ambassador-over-nasrallahs-pro-opposition

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Bahraini men take part in a protest against the arrest of #Sheikh_Ali_Salman, head of the opposition movement al-Wefaq on January 9, 2015 in the village of Karzakan, South of Manama. AFP/Mohammed al-Shaikh

The #Bahraini_regime on Sunday summoned Lebanon’s ambassador to Manama over remarks made by #Hezbollah Secretary General #Sayyed_Hassan_Nasrallah regarding the arrest of a prominent Bahraini opposition leader. In a speech on Friday, Nasrallah criticized the Bahraini authorities for detaining Sheikh Ali Salman, head of al-Wefaq opposition movement, and accused al-Khalifa ruling family of “systematic naturalization of foreigners” in a bid to alter demographic balance. read (...)

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