Bahrain Latest News | Breaking News of Bahrain

Bahrain is a small desert island kingdom in the Persian Gulf, an oil-producing nation of about 1 million that serves as a banking hub and as the base for the United States Navy’s Fifth Fleet. In February and March of 2011, Bahrain was gripped by protests set off by the example of revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt. It was crushed with the help of troops from Saudia Arabia. Read More: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/bahrain/index.html