MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahrain's main Shi'ite Muslim opposition group said on Tuesday the interior ministry had summoned its leader for interrogation after he met a visiting U.S. official who was subsequently ordered to leave the kingdom.
Bahrain is a ally of Washington in a volatile Gulf region and has long provided a base for the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet. But at the same it has faced American criticism over its record on human rights since crushing a popular uprising in 2011.
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