Clashes in Bahrain
The protest movement in Bahrain has revived recently, with thousands of activists blockading the King Faisal Highway which leads to Bahrain’s main financial district. Security forces attempted to disperse them using tear gas. At least three people are reported to have been killed in the clashes, with the regime claiming that three policemen have also died. Following King Hamad Bin Isa al-Khalifa’s declaration of a three-month state of emergency, Saudi troops were invited into the country to help quell what the regime is denouncing as an “external plot”. Over 60 people are reported to have gone...