Protests meanwhile are continuing across the Middle East. In Bahrain, thousands continue to flood the streets of the capital city of Manama. On Sunday, demonstrators marched to a central court building in their deepest foray into the city so far. The protests come as leading Bahraini Shiite opposition leader Hassan Mushaima has returned from exile. Mushaima was allowed to return after the protests forced the Bahraini monarchy to issue royal pardons.

Hassan Mushaima: “Promising is not enough. We have to see something on the ground. Just by talking — because different times, they promised before, but they did not do anything for the nation of Bahrain.”