Sources: BBC
The U.S. Treasury Department, in coordination with Qatar, imposes sanctions on United Arab Emirates real estate company Aldar Properties and seven residents of Bahrain, Qatar and Saudi Arabia for allegedly financing Hezbollah. 2021-09-29
The White House is expected to announce the first part of their Middle East peace proposal in what officials are calling an economic "workshop" to encourage investing capital in the West Bank, Gaza, and the region. The workshop is expected to happen on June 25 and 26 in Manama, Bahrain. 2019-05-19
Bahrain bans the independent "Al-Wasat" newspaper on grounds that it "sows division" in the Shia-majority kingdom. 2017-06-4
Twin bombings kill at least 40 people, mostly Shia Iraqi pilgrims, and wound over 100 in the Bab al-Saghir area of Damascus. 2017-03-11
Sudan and Bahrain follow Saudi Arabia's lead and cut diplomatic relations with Iran, and the United Arab Emirates downgrades diplomatic ties. 2016-01-4
Bahrain recalls its ambassador to Iran and expels the Iranian acting "chargé d'affaires" who is declared "persona non-grata", a day after Bahraini security forces discovered a large bomb-making factory in Nuwaidrat and arrested a number of suspects linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guards. Bahrain's decision to recall its ambassador comes "in light of continued Iranian meddling in the affairs of the kingdom of Bahrain in order to create sectarian strife and impose hegemony and control." 2015-10-1
A police officer is also killed after rioters threw firebombs at his patrol in Sehla, a village west of Manama, Bahrain. 2013-02-14
2011 Bahraini uprising: Violent clashes erupt in a Shia village during a "national dialogue" in Bahrain. 2011-07-3
Bahrain's elections officials say voter turnout was 67 per cent in the parliamentary election. The main Shia opposition group, Al Wefaq, kept its 18 seats in the 40-member legislature. 2010-10-24
Bahrain charges 23 Shia Muslim activists with terrorism and attempting to overthrow the government. [http:--english.aljazeera.net-news-middleeast-2010-09-201095201748804676.html (Al Jazeera)] [https:--www.bloomberg.com-news-2010-09-06-bahrain-charges-23-activists-with-terrorism-tied-to-anti-monarchy-group.html (Bloomberg)] [http:--english.bna.bh-?ID=89484 (Bahrain News Agency)]date=August 2019 2010-09-6