Brij Sharma
Brij Sharma is an Indian journalist and editor based in Bahrain. Brij tells us the interesting stories we don’t usually hear from the middle east country.
Qatar Continues to Play Games With Arab States
After more than three months of embargo by four Arab nations - Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt - and...
More Evidence Surfaces of Qatar’s Insidious Plots
As days and months pass with Qatar being treated as a pariah by the Arab Quartet consisting of Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab...
Qatar Should Prepare to Pay for Treachery Against Bahrain
It's coming out now. After being part of the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council for some 36 years, it turns out that Qatar never was...
Bahrain Comes Down on Qatar-Iran Nexus
It has been more than two months since four leading Arab countries - Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates - followed...
President Trump Wakes Up to Iran’s Duplicity
It's been some years since Iran managed to get rid of the stranglehold of oil and financial sanctions imposed on it on account of...
How Many Terror Cells Must Bahrain Bust?
Given the size of Bahrain - an island covering some 600 sq km - its government seems to be in a bind. Since February...
Qatar’s Behaviour Undermining Gulf Cooperation Council
It is 45 days since four major Arab countries - Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt - followed by some others...
Who Pays for Bahrain’s Losses on Account of Terror?
The Institute of Economics and Peace, a think tank with offices in New York, Sydney and Mexico, has come out with its Global Peace...
Will Qatar Fall in Line?
It has been a month since Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia and Egypt followed by some other Islamic countries decided to...
Qatar Malaise Runs Deeper Than Nursing Extremists
The boycott of Qatar by three of the six Gulf Cooperation Council countries namely Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates and...
Move Against Qatar Is Meant to Check Terror Outfits
There was a lot of smoke and gas around the breaking of ties with Qatar by Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and...
Qatar Needs to Put Its House in Order
It looks like the so-called Qatar crisis might blow over soon provided good sense prevails in the high echelons of the establishment in Doha.
Since...
Bahrain Outrage Over Rights Misinformation Justified
The new chief of Bahrain's human rights watchdog is justifiably upset. Ever since the troubles in Bahrain which turned into a conflagration in 2011...
Bahrain Raid Uncovers Layers of Iranian Machinations in Diraz Village
The massive police and security action on May 23 in the village of Diraz in the area surrounding the fortress-like house of Shia cleric...
Bahrain Advocates Radical Laws to Tackle Terror
Small size, low local populations and enormous oil resources prompted the Arab Gulf states to come together under the umbrella organization called Gulf Cooperation...
Military-Style Attacks in Bahrain Need Military Trials
Bahrain's military judiciary has begun to review the case of three people - two of them civilians - accused of plotting terror attacks against...
Bahrain Rightfully Challenges U.N. Report
The Kingdom of Bahrain has been rightly outraged with the United Nations report on its human rights record. For instance while the report was...
Bahrain Opposition Constituency Tired of Protests
One wonders if the unwaveringly anti-Bahrain NGOs and human rights groups which have the ear of the United Nations panels ever give thought to,...
Unfair to Go on Blaming Bahrain
The troubles of 2011 and its consequences have left the tiny Middle East kingdom of Bahrain scarred. And whereas Bahrain did everything and more...
West Finally Comes Round to Believing Bahrain Claims
The western reservations about accepting the claims and fears of Bahrain and the dossiers proffered by the kingdom seem to be melting away in...