(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - In a telephone conversation on Wednesday, Obama called on both leaders to exercise “maximum restraint,” AFP quoted White House spokesman Jay Carney as saying.
Since mid-February, thousands of anti-government protesters in Bahrain have poured into the streets, calling for an end to al-Khalifa dynasty, which has ruled the country for almost two centuries.
On March 14, Bahrain's fellow members of the [Persian] Gulf Cooperation Council -- Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar -- dispatched their armed troops to the Persian Gulf island at Manama's request to quell the countrywide protests.
Over 12 people have been killed and about 1,000 injured during the anti-government protests in troubled Bahrain, inspired by the recent revolutions and uprisings across the Arab world.
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