Saudi-led intervention in Bahrain

The Saudi–led intervention in Bahrain began on 14 March 2011 to assist the Bahraini government in suppressing an anti-government uprising in the country. The intervention came three weeks after the U.S. pressured Bahrain to withdraw its military forces from the streets. As a decision by Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the intervention included sending 1,000 (1,200) troops with vehicles from Saudi Arabia at the invitation of the Al-Khalifa ruling family, marking the first time the GCC used such a collective military option for suppressing a revolt.

Saudi-led intervention in Bahrain
Part of Bahraini uprising of 2011, Arab Spring, and the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict

Hundreds of protesters denouncing the Saudi-led intervention in Bahrain in a march to the Saudi embassy in Manama on 15 March 2011
Date14 March 2011 – 4 July 2011
(3 months, 2 weeks and 6 days)
(Minor police presence till March 2014)
Location
Bahrain
Result Suppression of Bahraini opposition demonstrators with GCC support.
Belligerents

Peninsula Shield Force

In support of:
 Bahrain		 Bahraini opposition
Strength

Peninsula Shield Force: 1,500 troops.

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 Thousands of protesters
Casualties and losses

2 policemen killed
Peninsula Shield Force: 2 policemen killed

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6 protesters killed

400 wounded

Calling it both an occupation and a declaration of war, the Bahraini opposition pleaded for foreign help. The intervention was precedented by the 1994 Saudi intervention in Bahrain.

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