Activists on social media outlets published photos for activists protesting outside the European Union headquarters on (Monday, May 29, 2017) in Brussels, Belgium, against Diraz massacre and raid carried on the house of spiritual leader of Shiite majority in Bahrain, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.

It’s no wonder that Bahrain’s name was mentioned in the international campaign launched by Amnesty International aimed at recognizing human rights defenders and protecting them.

Secretary-General of the Council of Pakistani Muslim Unity, Sheikh Raja Nasir Abbas Jafari, condemned imposing a house arrest on Sheikh Isa Qassim and seeking to expel him outside the country.

The regime forces attacked symbolic funeral procession held for the 5 Diraz martyrs, who were killed by the Ministry of Interior during a deadly attack on protestors in Diraz, before it buried their bodies in a secret way on Friday.

Dozens of Arab figures condemned the bloody oppression practiced by the Bahraini government against peaceful protestors in Diraz, expressing concern over the “bloody violence of governmental authorities”.

Iranian Assistant to Parliament Speaker Hossein Amir Abdollahian considered that the government of Bahrain besieged the house of the spiritual leader of Shiite majority in Bahrain, Sheikh Isa Qassim, after receiving Saudi support and US green light

The Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced 5 defendants to 3 years in prison over arson case, assembling and acquiring Molotov in Jannusan.

Iraq's Iran-backed Shi'ite paramilitary force said on Sunday it had dislodged Islamic State from a number of villages west of Mosul, scoring further progress toward the border with Syria.

A United Arab Emirates government minister on Sunday warned that an alliance of Gulf Arab states was facing a major crisis and he said there was an urgent need to rebuild trust.

The Saudi Arabian central bank's foreign assets fell in April as the government borrowed heavily abroad, according to official data that suggested Riyadh was bringing money into the country to refill state coffers depleted by low oil prices.

Activists in the French Capital, Paris, staged a protest to condemn Diraz massacre and raid carried on the house of spiritual leader of Shiite majority in Bahrain, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.

Families of five Bahrainis killed during a security raid last week accused authorities of depriving them from bidding farewell to their loved ones after authorities buried the bodies without their permission.

Iraqi armed forces launched an operation on Saturday to capture the last Islamic State-held enclave in Mosul, according to a military statement.

Descendents of the founding father of Saudi Arabia's Wahhabi brand of Islam have sought to distance themselves from Qatar's ruling family, according to a statement published on Sunday.

Shiite religious authority Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi issued a statement condemning the attack launched by the rulers of Bahrain on the house of Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.

Head of SALAM for Democracy and Human Rights, Sayed Yousef Al-Mohafdha, said that the National Security Apparatus released Abduljalil Youssef, after four hours of interrogation.

Lawyer Abdullah Al-Shamlawi said that burying the bodies of those killed in the raid on the Diraz sit-in contrary to adopted customs is a flagrant violation of the Constitution, the National Action Charter and established norms in the country.

Two days after burying the bodies of the five martyrs who were killed in the Diraz attack, the Bahraini Interior Ministry admitted to burying the martyrs without handing over their bodies to their families.

Clerics in Bahrain called for participating in marches to voice support for families’ right to receive the bodies of martyrs.

Imprisoned Bahraini opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman condemned the ruling issued against the spiritual leader of the country's Shiite population, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, describing it as an "arbitrary sentence," and a "reinforcement of a policy of systematic sectarian oppression and organized targeting of the Shiite community."