VOL. XXXIX

No. 24

11-March-1996

BAHRAIN

Bahraini Banking Community Calm In The Face Of Renewed Tensions

MEES Associate Editor James Drummond Reports on the Banking Scene in Bahrain

Bankers in Manama appeared largely unruffled in the face of renewed sectarian violence in Bahrain last week but stressed that they were not complacent. All said that the ongoing clashes between the security forces and the Shi'ite community were something the banking community could plainly do without, but...