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Bahrain Protesters, Police Clash as Island Marks Uprising

by Associated Press

   DUBAI, UAE --

   Anti-government protesters have clashed with police in Bahrain as they
   marked the sixth anniversary of the tiny island kingdom's Arab Spring
   uprising.

   Images posted on social media Tuesday showed masked protesters hurling
   rocks and other projectiles at riot police, who responded with tear
   gas. Protesters elsewhere were seen marching peacefully through
   rain-soaked streets carrying the national flag.

   Large-scale protests led by Bahrain's Shiite majority erupted on Feb.
   14, 2011, demanding political reforms from the country's Sunni
   monarchy. Hundreds of thousands took to the streets then, with many
   occupying a prominent roundabout known as Pearl Square.

   Authorities backed by forces from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab
   Emirates eventually suppressed the protests. The government later
   agreed to some reforms, but low-level unrest continues.