{"id":22274,"date":"2013-01-21T18:53:19","date_gmt":"2013-01-21T17:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/detail\/2013\/01\/21\/284825\/bahraini-forces-clash-with-protesters\/"},"modified":"2013-01-21T18:53:19","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T17:53:19","slug":"bahraini-forces-clash-with-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/bahraini-forces-clash-with-protesters\/","title":{"rendered":"Bahraini forces clash with protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"ctl00_body_spnDetail\">Saudi-backed Bahraini forces clash with anti-regime protesters on January 18, 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"divDetailBody\">\n<p>Heavy clashes have erupted in Bahrain\u2019s village of Malikiyah, south of capital Manama, as anti-regime protesters continue to brave the regime\u2019s heavy crackdown on opposition demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi-backed Bahraini forces fired tear gas and used shotguns to disperse the anti-regime protesters.<\/p>\n<p>Since mid-February 2011, thousands of pro-democracy protesters have staged numerous demonstrations in the streets of Bahrain, calling for the Al Khalifa royal family to relinquish power.<\/p>\n<p>On March 14, 2011, troops from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates invaded the country to assist the Bahraini government in its crackdown on the peaceful protesters.<\/p>\n<p>According to local sources, scores of people have been killed and hundreds arrested.<\/p>\n<p>A new release of US Defense Department\u2019s documents also revealed that Washington has been providing the Al Khalifa regime with weapons and combat vehicle parts.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the foreign-backed clampdown, the Bahraini regime has failed to stop the demonstrations that continue on an almost daily basis.<\/p>\n<p>SF\/SS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pixel.quantserve.com\/pixel\/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span>Saudi-backed Bahraini forces clash with anti-regime protesters on January 18, 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Heavy clashes have erupted in Bahrain&rsquo;s village of Malikiyah, south of capital Manama, as anti-regime protesters continue to brave the regime&rsquo;s heavy crackdown on opposition demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi-backed Bahraini forces fired tear gas and used shotguns to disperse the anti-regime protesters.<\/p>\n<p>Since mid-February 2011, thousands of pro-democracy protesters have staged numerous demonstrations in the streets of Bahrain, calling for the Al Khalifa royal family to relinquish power.<\/p>\n<p>On March 14, 2011, troops from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates invaded the country to assist the Bahraini government in its crackdown on the peaceful protesters.<\/p>\n<p>According to local sources, scores of people have been killed and hundreds arrested.<\/p>\n<p>A new release of US Defense Department&rsquo;s documents also revealed that Washington has been providing the Al Khalifa regime with weapons and combat vehicle parts.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the foreign-backed clampdown, the Bahraini regime has failed to stop the demonstrations that continue on an almost daily basis.<\/p>\n<p>SF\/SS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pixel.quantserve.com\/pixel\/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1213,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[487],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-22274","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-breaking-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22274\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}