Bahraini minister of interiors is visiting Damascus
Bahrain-Syria, Politics, 12/4/1998

The Bahraini minister of interiors, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa al-Thani arrived yesterday in Damascus on a visit carrying a message from Emir of Bahrain Sheikh Isah Bin Salman al-Khalifa to hold talks regarding the security cooperation with the Syrian Minister of Interior Mohammed Harba.

Diplomatic sources did not exclude that the aim of the visit would be conveying a message to the Syrian officials regarding Bahraini information concerning a terrorist scheme targeting Bahrain.

These sources expected that Sheikh Mohammed would inform his Syrian counterpart with the results of the investigation regarding the Lebanese citizen Sohail Shehada who was arrested on charges of participating with 5 other Bahraini citizens in a terrorist scheme in Bahrain.

On 11/27/98 Bahraini Prime Minister Sheikh Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa sent a written message yesterday to his Lebanese counterpart Rafik Hariri that comprises detailed information about anti-Bahraini activities originating in Lebanon, within what was revealed by current investigations into a Lebanese citizen who was arrested by the Bahraini authorities on the charge of participating in a terrorist plot. Earlier that week, the Bahraini Foreign Ministry announced that it had frustrated a plan by a terrorist group and detained elements of this group before they implemented the plan.

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