Bahrain

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• Morocco to Attend Controversial Bahrain Conference on Middle East Peace
  25 June 2019, by Bladi.net

  Moroccans are fuming with anger since the announcement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that Morocco will be represented by a senior official from the Ministry of Economy at the "Congress of Shame" in Manama, the capital of Bahrain. Indeed, this country does not have official diplomatic relations with Israel, reports the official Moroccan press agency, MAP.
  This meeting, officially titled "From Peace to Prosperity", brings together officials, members of civil society and businessmen, to (…)

• Bahraini Journalist Falls Victim to $520,000 Sextortion Scheme by Moroccan Woman
  2 February 2020, by Kamal

  Victim of sextortion, a Bahraini journalist has lived a real hell since last October, following his encounter with a young Moroccan woman.
  The case dates back to last October, when a 22-year-old woman of Moroccan origin had threatened her one-night lover, a famous journalist in Bahrain, to publish the compromising photos, if he refused to pay her the sum of 1.9 million Emirati dirhams (520,500 dollars).
  The episodes of harassment, which became pressing and unbearable for the 39-year-old (…)

• Protesters in Morocco Rally Against Arab-Israeli Normalization Deals
  20 September 2020, by Jérôme

  At the call of Moroccan associations, a few hundred protesters, the Palestinian flag in hand, protested on Friday in Rabat against the "traitor countries" and "their American and Zionist allies" by demanding the "liberation of Palestine".
  Left-wing community activists and Islamist sympathizers, gathered in the center of the capital, expressed their support for the Palestinian people, following the signing by Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates of normalization agreements with Israel, (…)

• Bahrain to Open Consulate in Western Sahara, Strengthening Ties with Morocco
  12 December 2020, by Sylvanus

  After the United Arab Emirates, it is Bahrain’s turn to open a general consulate in Laâyoune. Its inauguration will take place this Monday, December 14, 2020.
  Bahraini and Moroccan officials will mark this inauguration ceremony in Laâyoune, the capital of the Moroccan Saharan provinces, reports Le360. A ceremony during which the Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita, will deliver a speech. He will emphasize the strengthening of lasting bonds of friendship and brotherhood (…)

• Morocco Adopts US-Backed Initiative to Combat Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism
  19 January 2021, by Bladi.net

  This agreement also received the official support of the government, reports JTA. Signed by the president of the Mimouna Association, El Mehdi Boudra, and Elan Carr, the State Department’s representative for the fight against antisemitism, it marks the ambition of the Trump administration’s Abraham Accords to normalize the acceptance not only of Israel, but also of Zionism, within Arab populations.
  In the text of this agreement, the parties "intend to work together to share and promote (…)

• Morocco and Other Nations Poised to Welcome Vaccinated Israeli Travelers
  20 March 2021, by Sylvanus

  Faced with the decline in coronavirus infections in Israel, countries like the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco who have normalized their relations with the Hebrew state could allow Israelis to come to their countries.
  In Israel, the reproduction rate R has fallen to 0.7, while the positivity rate is 2.4%. Due to this sharp drop in coronavirus infections in the country, many countries are expected to open their borders to vaccinated citizens in the coming months upon presentation of (…)

• Moroccan Inmate Dies of Brain Hemorrhage in Bahrain Prison Amid Transfer Plans
  21 February 2019, by Amine

  A Moroccan prisoner died this week in Bahrain, in the prison where he was incarcerated, while he was about to be transferred to Morocco to serve the rest of his sentence. The cause of death is a cerebral hemorrhage.
  Last Wednesday, the Moroccan embassy in Manama, the capital of Bahrain, revealed the death of a Moroccan citizen who was incarcerated in Bahrain, a death caused by a sudden cerebral hemorrhage. More precisely, he would have died on the way, between the prison and the hospital, (…)

• Interpol Fugitive from Bahrain Arrested in Morocco for Fraud
  16 June 2022, by Sylvanus

  The El Jadida police services have arrested a national of an Arab country under an international arrest warrant issued by the Bahraini judicial authorities. He will soon be extradited to Bahrain.
  The suspect is a 44-year-old man involved in a fraud case, according to the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) in a press release, stating that the Bahraini judicial authorities had issued an international arrest warrant against him so that he could serve a prison sentence imposed on (…)

• Bahrain to Open Consulate in Western Sahara, Strengthening Ties with Morocco
  27 November 2020, by Bladi.net

  King Ben Issa Hamad informed King Mohammed VI, during a telephone conversation on Thursday, November 26, 2020, of his intention to open a Bahraini consulate in Laâyoune, according to a statement from the royal cabinet.
  In a few days, Bahrain will open its consulate alongside the United Arab Emirates and Jordan. This call is part of the fraternal relations between the two countries and reflects the fruitful cooperation and solidarity between the two brotherly countries.
  This decision (…)

• Israel and Arab Partners Explore Energy Collaboration Following Normalization Deals
  15 January 2021, by Sylvanus

  Prospects for cooperation in the energy sector were the subject of discussions between the Israeli Minister of Energy and his counterparts from the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Sudan and Bahrain. A first since the normalization agreements of these four Arab countries with the Hebrew state.
  According to a statement from the Israeli minister’s office, Yuval Steinitz, the stakeholders in the telephone conference discussed the impact of the normalization agreement on sectors such as oil and (…)