Bahrain inks US deal on heels of prison hunger strike - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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US Bahrain — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken listens while Bahrain's Prime Minister and Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa speaks during a signing ceremony at the US Department of State on Sept. 13, 2023, in Washington, DC. — BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images

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A Bahraini protester holds his national flag during clashes with riot police following the funeral of 20-year-old prisoner Fadel Abbas Musalem in the village of Diraz, west of the capital Manama, on January 26, 2014. The Gulf kingdom's main Shiite political opposition group said Musalem died the previous day as a result of torture during his detention. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH (Photo by MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH / AFP) (Photo by MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH/AFP via Getty Images)

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