This spreading influence has caused concern to the Sunni rulers of Arab countries with Shia minorities, such as Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. On the other hand, members of the Saudis' own Shia ...

Other countries that cut ties with Iran on Monday — Bahrain, Sudan, and the United Arab Emirates — are ruled by Sunni governments. The conflicts between Shia and Sunni Muslims go back to the ...

They extended greetings to His Majesty the King on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadhan, wishing prosperity for the Kingdom of Bahrain under His Majesty’s leadership. His Majesty the King ...

MANAMA, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Bahrain's king has decided to give 1,000 dinars ($2,650) to each Bahraini family, the latest step that the Sunni rulers have taken to appease the majority Shi'ite public ...

The decade of political unrest has its roots in a deep tribal and religious divide in the population of Bahrain. As in other parts of the Middle East, tensions between the Shiite and Sunni Muslim ...

AFP The U.S. is also hesitant to criticize Sunni ally Saudi Arabia, which invaded Bahrain on Tuesday at the request of Bahrain's Sunni royal family to quell Shiite protests ... not the Libyan rebels ...

Hundreds of Iraqis have meanwhile demonstrated outside the Bahraini embassy in Baghdad in support of the Bahrain protesters ... it added. The Sunni-ruled Gulf state, where Shia are a majority ...