Tag: Sheikh Rashed al-Khalifa

• Wednesday, March 16th 2011 - 05:38 UTC

  Bahrain threatens to turn into a conflict between Sunni-rulers and Shi’ite majority

  

  Bahrain's king declared martial law as his government struggled to quell an uprising by the island's Shi'ite Muslim majority that has drawn in troops from fellow Sunni-ruled neighbour Saudi Arabia.