ABU DHABI: Bahrain’s foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed al-Khalifa summoned Iraq ambassador Ahmed Rasheed al-Dalimi to hand him an official protest letter of protest over a banned Shi’ite group.
The foreign minister said via Twitter message that Saraya al-Ashtar group received training on the use of arms and explosives in Iraq.
The minister urged Iraq to put an end to “terrorist groups” that use Iraq to threaten the safety of Bahrain.
Bahrain had said on Sunday it had broken up the banned anti-government Shi’ite Muslim group behind a series of attacks and arrested several of its members.
It said it had arrested 12 members of the group while two of its leaders were in Iran.
Bahrain also said that two Iran leaders had facilitated travel to Iraq for three other members of the group for training in weapons use, hostage-taking and bomb-making with the Shi’ite Hezbollah Brigades.
