Advertising on a skyscraper in Manama, Bahrain, shows news anchors for the newly launched Al-Arab TV network. The pan-Arab channel began broadcasting Sunday but was suspended Monday after it aired an interview with a critic of Bahrain's monarchy. Hasan Jamali/AP hide caption
A photo released by the U.S. Navy shows the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea launching a Tomahawk cruise missile against Islamic State targets in Syria on Tuesday. Eric Garst/U.S. Navy/EPA/Landov hide caption
Online activist Ali Abdulemam (right) is greeted in Manama, Bahrain, on Feb. 23, 2011, shortly after anti-government protests began. Wanted by the government, he went into hiding the following month. He escaped from Bahrain after two years underground and made his first public appearance Wednesday in Oslo, Norway. Mazen Mahdi/EPA/Landov hide caption
Bahraini anti-government protesters react to tear gas fired by riot police on Monday. Hasan Jamali/AP hide caption
Two men try to extinguish a tire fire Thursday in Sitra, Bahrain, near the site of an opposition rally.Nightly clashes between riot police and protesters continued Thursday night nationwide. Hasan Jamali/AP hide caption
Anti-government protester runs away from tear gas fired by riot police Wednesday in A'ali, Bahrain. Hasan Jamali/AP hide caption
Mary Louise Kelly and Kelly McEvers
Bahraini troops block streets leading to Pearl Square in the capital Manama on March 16, 2011. JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Black smoke billowed from burning tents in Pearl Square in Manama, Bahrain, earlier today (March 16, 2011). Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Renee Montagne speaks with Frank Langfitt
Riot police fire a tear gas canister at anti-government protesters Sunday, March 13, 2011, in Manama, Bahrain. Hasan Jamali/AP hide caption