insurgency in Bahrain

• The insurgency began in 2011, with the start of the Bahraini uprising.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/in-bahrain-a-smoldering-insurgency-reveals-the-resilience-of-irans-proxy-war/2018/05/17/f107d684-4c7f-11e8-84a0-458a1aa9ac0a_story.html|title=In Bahrain, a smoldering insurgency reveals the resilience of Iran's proxy war|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=11 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925153814/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/in-bahrain-a-smoldering-insurgency-reveals-the-resilience-of-irans-proxy-war/2018/05/17/f107d684-4c7f-11e8-84a0-458a1aa9ac0a_story.html|archive-date=25 September 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}

• On 10 April 2012, a bomb attack injured seven policemen in Akr.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-17663642|title=Bahrain police injured in bomb attack|website=BBC News|date=10 April 2012|access-date=26 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923092337/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-17663642|archive-date=23 September 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}
• On 5 November 2012, at least five homemade bombs exploded in the nation's capital, killing 2 Asian workers and injuring another.{{cite news|url=http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/five-bomb-blasts-hit-bahrain-capital-two-workers-killed/|title=Five bomb blasts hit Bahrain capital, two workers killed|website=Trust|date=5 November 2012|access-date=26 May 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313094333/http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/five-bomb-blasts-hit-bahrain-capital-two-workers-killed|archive-date=13 March 2013}}

• On 12 July 2013, a home-made bomb wounded Bahraini policemen outside the Shiite village, according to the interior ministry. State-media claimed it was "planted by terrorists" near the capital, Manama.{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/bomb-wounds-four-bahrain-policemen-ministry|title=Bomb wounds four Bahrain policemen: ministry|website=Fox News|date=14 July 2013|access-date=26 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722211950/http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/07/14/bomb-wounds-four-bahrain-policemen-ministry/|archive-date=22 July 2013|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}

• On 15 February 2014, one policeman was killed in a bombing.{{cite web|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/world/blast-kills-bahrain-policeman-during-uprising-protests|title=Blast kills Bahrain policeman during uprising protests|last=migration|date=15 February 2014|access-date=11 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706075749/https://www.straitstimes.com/world/blast-kills-bahrain-policeman-during-uprising-protests|archive-date=6 July 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}
• On 3 March 2014, three policeman were killed in a bombing by Al-Ashtar Brigades, including an Emirati officer, in the 2014 Daih bombing.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-26421744|title=Bomb blast kills Bahrain policemen|work=BBC News|date=3 March 2014|access-date=11 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923092231/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-26421744|archive-date=23 September 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|url=https://ctc.usma.edu/evolution-shia-insurgency-bahrain/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625031322/https://ctc.usma.edu/evolution-shia-insurgency-bahrain/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 25, 2018|title=The Evolution of Shi'a Insurgency in Bahrain|date=24 January 2018}}
• On 19 April 2014, two men were killed and another injured after their car exploded. They were suspected to be militants transporting explosives.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-27086763|title=Car blast kills two in Bahrain|work=BBC News|date=19 April 2014|access-date=11 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912005413/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-27086763|archive-date=12 September 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}
• On 5 July 2014, policeman Mahmud Farid was killed in a bombing in Eker village.{{cite web|url=http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/07/05/Bahrain-police-officer-killed-in-terrorist-bombing.html|title=Bahrain police officer killed in 'terrorist' bombing|website=english.alarabiya.net|date=5 July 2014|access-date=11 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706075637/http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/07/05/Bahrain-police-officer-killed-in-terrorist-bombing.html|archive-date=6 July 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}

• On 28 July 2015, a bomb killed two policemen and wounded six in Sitra in the 2015 Sitra bombing.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bahrain-security-blast/bomb-kills-two-policemen-in-worst-bahrain-bombing-in-months-idUSKCN0Q20HJ20150728|title=Bomb kills two policemen in worst Bahrain bombing in months|newspaper=Reuters|date=28 July 2015|access-date=11 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912021906/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bahrain-security-blast/bomb-kills-two-policemen-in-worst-bahrain-bombing-in-months-idUSKCN0Q20HJ20150728|archive-date=12 September 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}

• On 30 June 2016, 1 person was killed and 3 injured after a roadside bombing. 2 people were arrested who were suspected of planting the bomb. Bahrain accused Iran's Revolutionary Guards for being behind the bombing, although this is only an accusation, and does not rule out the possibility of terrorism. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden expressed his concerns after the attack.{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bahrain-security-arrests-idUSKCN0ZS2O6?feedType=RSS&feedName=Iran&virtualBrandChannel=10209|title=Bahrain makes arrests over bombing that killed woman, blames Iran|publisher=Reuters|date=2016-07-12|access-date=2016-09-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615190626/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bahrain-security-arrests-idUSKCN0ZS2O6?feedType=RSS&feedName=Iran&virtualBrandChannel=10209|archive-date=2018-06-15|url-status=live}} The bombing was described as a "terrorist bombing".{{cite web|url=http://www.thenational.ae/world/middle-east/bahraini-woman-dies-and-three-children-are-hurt-in-bomb-blast-south-of-manama|title=Bahraini woman dies and three children are hurt in bomb blast south of Manama | The National|website=Thenational.ae|access-date=2016-09-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160906204025/http://www.thenational.ae/world/middle-east/bahraini-woman-dies-and-three-children-are-hurt-in-bomb-blast-south-of-manama|archive-date=2016-09-06|url-status=live}}
• On 1 July 2016, one woman was killed and three children injured in a bombing.{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/07/bahraini-woman-killed-roadside-bomb-attack-160701042043328.html|title=Bahraini woman killed in roadside bomb attack|website=www.aljazeera.com|access-date=11 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801090453/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/07/bahraini-woman-killed-roadside-bomb-attack-160701042043328.html|archive-date=1 August 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}

• On 1 January 2017, one policeman was killed and a second injured in a jailbreak conducted by four-six armed men at Jaww prison. 10 inmates convicted of terrorist offenses escaped.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38483978|title='Terrorists' freed in Bahrain prison raid|work=BBC News |date=11 September 2018|access-date=11 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912005418/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38483978|archive-date=12 September 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}{{Cite web|title=KUNA : Policeman killed in attack on Bahrain prison - Security - 01/01/2017|url=https://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2584154&language=en|access-date=2022-05-19|website=www.kuna.net.kw}}
• On 15 January 2017, three militants (Abbas al-Samea, Sami Mushaima and Ali al-Singace) were executed for the 3 March 2014 bombing.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38627679|title=Bahrain carries out rare executions|work=BBC News |date=11 September 2018|access-date=11 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912033435/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38627679|archive-date=12 September 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}
• On 29 January 2017, a police officer in Bahrain was shot dead in an attack claimed by a Shi'ite militant group.{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/bahrain-police-officer-killed-attack-claimed-militants-45122722|title=Bahrain Police Officer Killed in Attack Claimed by Militants|publisher=ABC News|date=29 January 2017|access-date=31 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129134327/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/bahrain-police-officer-killed-attack-claimed-militants-45122722|archive-date=29 January 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}
• On 18 June 2017, a member of the security forces was killed and two others were wounded after a bombing in Diraz.{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/06/bahrain-explosion-kills-policeman-wounds-diraz-170618232654417.html|title=Bahrain: Explosion kills policeman, wounds two in Diraz|website=www.aljazeera.com|access-date=11 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801123059/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/06/bahrain-explosion-kills-policeman-wounds-diraz-170618232654417.html|archive-date=1 August 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}
• On 19 June, a Shia militant accidentally blew himself up with an improvised explosive device.{{cite web|url=https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/crt_2017.pdf|title=Country Reports on Terrorism 2017|website=state.gov|access-date=2 December 2023}}
• In June 2017, Saraya al-Mukhtar performs a cyberattack on a former government official's Twitter account.{{Cite web|title=Bahrain-Iran Foreign Relations: A Brief Case Study - Analysis - Eurasia Review|date=10 December 2021|url=https://www.eurasiareview.com/10122021-bahrain-iran-foreign-relations-a-brief-case-study-analysis/|access-date=2022-05-10|language=en-US}}
• On 2 October 2017, five policemen were injured in a bombing in the village of Daih on Budaiya road.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bahrain-security/explosion-wounds-five-bahraini-policemen-agency-idUSKCN1C72JE|title=Explosion wounds five Bahraini policemen: agency|newspaper=Reuters|date=2 October 2017|access-date=11 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912021920/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bahrain-security/explosion-wounds-five-bahraini-policemen-agency-idUSKCN1C72JE|archive-date=12 September 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}
• On 27 October 2017, one policeman was killed and eight wounded in a bombing of a bus near the Jidhafs area.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bahrain-security-attacks/bomb-attack-kills-one-bahraini-policeman-wounds-eight-idUSKBN1CW2EU|title=Bomb attack kills one Bahraini policeman, wounds eight|newspaper=Reuters |date=27 October 2017 |access-date=11 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928225113/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bahrain-security-attacks/bomb-attack-kills-one-bahraini-policeman-wounds-eight-idUSKBN1CW2EU|archive-date=28 September 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}
• On 10 November 2017, a bomb caused a fire at Bahrain's main pipeline near Buri village.{{failed verification|date=May 2018}}

• On 7 February 2018, four members of the cell behind the bomb attack on the oil pipeline were arrested.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bahrain-oil-pipeline-saudi/bahrain-arrests-four-linked-to-pipeline-blast-ministry-idUSKBN1FR2HO|title=Bahrain arrests four linked to pipeline blast: ministry|newspaper=Reuters|date=7 February 2018|access-date=11 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912021926/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bahrain-oil-pipeline-saudi/bahrain-arrests-four-linked-to-pipeline-blast-ministry-idUSKBN1FR2HO|archive-date=12 September 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}
• On 3 March 2018, 116 militants who were part of cells established by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps were arrested.

{{Cite web|url=https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2018/03/bahraini-raids-arrest-over-100-members-of-alleged-iranian-backed-network.php|title=Bahraini raids arrest over 100 members of alleged Iranian-backed network | FDD's Long War Journal|date=7 March 2018|access-date=2018-05-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519204331/https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2018/03/bahraini-raids-arrest-over-100-members-of-alleged-iranian-backed-network.php|archive-date=2018-05-19|url-status=live}}

• On 27 July 2019, two alleged militants were executed by the state on charges of terrorism. Both were allegedly involved in the January 1, 2017 killing of a prison guard that helped let 10 detainees escape, as well as the for the killings of two other police officers that month. The two were arrested in February 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/07/bahrain-executes-2-terror-case-rights-groups-pleas-190727062821132.html|title=Bahrain executes 2 in 'terror' case despite rights groups' pleas|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=27 July 2019|access-date=11 August 2019}}

• On 15 December 2020, the United States Department of the Treasury added the Saraya Al-Mukhtar (aka. Bahraini Islamic Resistance, aka. Al-Mukhtar Brigades, etc.) to the Specially Designated Nationals list, subjecting it to economic sanctions imposed by the United States. The sanctions were imposed due to their connections with Iran.{{cite web|url=https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/recent-actions/20201215|title=Counter Terrorism Designation|publisher=U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY|date=15 December 2020|access-date=15 December 2020}}{{Cite web|title=What Is Bahrain's Saraya al-Mukhtar Militia?|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/extremism-watch_what-bahrains-saraya-al-mukhtar-militia/6199751.html|access-date=2022-05-10|website=VOA|language=en}}

• In November the Bahraini government says it has foiled an attempted attack by insurgents.{{Cite web|title=Bahrain says it foiled planned attack, arrests suspects|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/11/22/bahrain-foils-planned-attack-accuses-iran|access-date=2022-05-10|website=www.aljazeera.com|language=en}}

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• 27 April: Al-Ashtar Brigades conducted a drone attack against the offices of an Israeli company in Eilat.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newsweek.com/irans-axis-resistance-claims-new-front-against-israel-1896718|title=Iran's axis of resistance claims new front against Israel}}
• 2 May: Al-Ashtar Brigades conducted a drone attack against Eilat's port on 2 May.{{cite news|url=https://en.irna.ir/news/85465812/Bahraini-resistance-group-claims-drone-attack-on-Israeli-port|title=Bahraini resistance group claims drone attack on Israeli port}}

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