Many media outlets have created the impression that the crisis in Iraq is between the Iraqi government on one side and ISIS – a group…

  After the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran, Bahraini Shia militants became even more active, hijacking religious processions and public events, with the aim of…

Only now are we properly getting a chance to see the fully developed version of the democratization project in Iraq, based on sectarian division and…

Bahraini oppositionist movements were often closely linked to related entities across the Arabian Gulf region. Largely, this was because these movements were part of wider…

In February, 1979 thousands of Bahraini Shi'a demonstrated in support of Iranian Islamic revolution. Similar demonstrations also broke out in eastern Saudi Arabia. Much of…