Bahrain’s new head of public security has called for a fresh start in the country as he announced a new push for improving community policing. In a special New Year message marking his appointment, Tarek Al Hassan said that 500 more officers would be recruited from all segments of the Bahraini society to boost...
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The head of the National Commission set up by King Hamad Bin Eisa Al Khalifa to supervise the implementation of the recommendations by an international fact-finding commission on the incidents that hit Bahrain has resigned. “I am no longer able to assume the important responsibility of heading the National Commission and I request Your...
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The death of a teenager from Sitra, a town south of the capital Manama, has clouded the end of the year in Bahrain where the chasms between the two religious communities are widening and the divergences between media reports are perplexing. Syed Hashem Saeed Eisa, 15, died late on Saturday, but Bahrain heard two...
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