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        <title>Bahraini opposition blasts normalization deal with Israel</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2020 01:19:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Leading group calls agreement 'illegitimate'; unlike UAE, which saw little backlash to accord with Jerusalem, Bahrain has history of internal political opposition</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/bahraini-opposition-blasts-normalization-deal-with-israel/">Bahraini opposition blasts normalization deal with Israel</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com">The Times of Israel</a>.</p>
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        <title>Iran warns Bahrain &#8216;will pay price&#8217; for crackdown on Shiites</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2016 13:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Top Shiite cleric stripped of citizenship; Washington 'deeply troubled' by events in country that is home to Fifth Fleet</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-warns-bahrain-will-pay-price-for-crackdown-on-shiites/">Iran warns Bahrain &#8216;will pay price&#8217; for crackdown on Shiites</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com">The Times of Israel</a>.</p>
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        <title>Bahrain crisis talks to begin amid mistrust</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/bahrain-crisis-talks-to-begin-amid-mistrust/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 09:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Two years of unrest has been fueled by the deep divisions between a Sunni monarchy and a Shiite majority</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/bahrain-crisis-talks-to-begin-amid-mistrust/">Bahrain crisis talks to begin amid mistrust</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com">The Times of Israel</a>.</p>
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        <title>At Bahrain summit, US says it won&#8217;t pivot away from the Middle East</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/at-bahrain-summit-delegates-say-us-wont-pivot-away-from-the-middle-east/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2012 20:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>As Arab states call for stronger action against Syria, American delegates stress that political ties and energy needs bind Washington to a region full of 'threat and promise'</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/at-bahrain-summit-delegates-say-us-wont-pivot-away-from-the-middle-east/">At Bahrain summit, US says it won&#8217;t pivot away from the Middle East</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com">The Times of Israel</a>.</p>
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        <title>Bahrain bans protests in new crackdown</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/265004/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 10:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Emergency-style rules imposed in effort to quash growing anti-government demonstrations</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/265004/">Bahrain bans protests in new crackdown</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com">The Times of Israel</a>.</p>
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        <title>Saudi cleric arrest, protester deaths elicit wrath</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/saudi-cleric-arrest-protester-deaths-elici-shiite-wrath/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 19:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nimr al-Nimr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qatif]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[al-Wefaq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hezbollah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The heavy handed Saudi response to anti-regime protesters angers Shiites throughout the Middle East</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/saudi-cleric-arrest-protester-deaths-elici-shiite-wrath/">Saudi cleric arrest, protester deaths elicit wrath</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com">The Times of Israel</a>.</p>
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