News stories by EmileNakhleh, page 2

WASHINGTON, Jan 07 (IPS) - A few days ago, Bahraini officials announced that they had “foiled an attempt to smuggle explosives and arms, some made in Iran and Syria, into the country by boat.” Around the same time, the government also contended it had defused a car bomb and seized weapons in different locations in the country.

WASHINGTON, Dic 27 (IPS) - For the first time in its 85-year history, the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Wednesday was declared a terrorist organisation. The provisional government's decision, presumably with the military junta's approval, came after two deadly bombings in Mansura and Cairo.

WASHINGTON, Dic 19 (IPS) - The recent collapse of the British Serious Fraud Office court case against Victor Dahdaleh has left the Bahraini prime minister's reputation for corruption intact.

WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (IPS) - Saudi Arabia's public anger against the United States masks the kingdom's growing concern about its diminishing influence in the Persian Gulf and the wider Arab world.

WASHINGTON, Aug 16 (IPS) - The recently restarted talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority are the only peaceful political activity amidst ongoing violence in Syria, Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Egypt, Bahrain and elsewhere in the Arab world.

WASHINGTON, Jul 19 (IPS) - The Egyptian military's removal of the democratically-elected President Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood from power upended the MB's 20-year old political participation programme. If the new regime aims to achieve genuine reconciliation and political consensus, the MB and its supporters must be included in the restructuring of Egyptian politics.

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Jun 26 (IPS) - By continuing its repressive policies and refusing to engage civil society and moderate political groups in meaningful dialogue for genuine reform, the Khalifa family has squandered its legitimate right to rule Bahrain. King Hamad could still salvage his rule, but he would need to act boldly by taking the following steps.

, Aug 29 (IPS) - The recent visit by Abd al-Halim Murad, head of the Bahraini Salafi al-Asalah movement, to Syria to meet with Syrian rebels is an attempt by him and other Gulf Salafis to hijack the Syrian revolution.