Clashes break out between demonstrators in Bahrain and the security forces. This comes against the backdrop of increasing waves of protests against the ruling family, which has begun to suppress its Shia majority since the start of the war in Iran, including the rounding up of dozens of Bahraini scholars.

Clashes break out between demonstrators in Bahrain and the security forces. This comes against the backdrop of increasing waves of protests against the ruling family, which has begun to suppress its Shia majority since the start of the war in Iran, including the rounding up of dozens of Bahraini scholars.