Sources: BBC
Shia Islamist militant group Hezbollah fires on five Israeli outposts in the Shebaa Farms with guided missiles and mortar shells. A Hezbollah member is killed during a subsequent gunbattle with Israeli troops. 2023-10-14
25-year-old Australian footballer and refugee from Bahrain, Hakeem al-Araibi, is ordered to defend an extradition order back to Bahrain in a Bangkok court, after being detained upon arrival in Thailand for his honeymoon with his wife in November 2018. International community is treating it as a human rights issue; a campaign to free al-Araibi and return him to Australia is growing. 2019-02-4
Bahrain says a recently-discovered offshore oilfield in its territorial waters contains 80 billion barrels of petroleum. 2018-04-4
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
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
2011 Bahraini uprising: Violent clashes erupt in a Shia village during a "national dialogue" in Bahrain. 2011-07-3
Bahrain's military fires at hundreds of mourners advancing towards Pearl Square with reports of live ammunition being used. 2011-02-18
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