Hatta village is a fine example of traditional villagestyle architecture. Most of the old construction is made of mud, hay,sandalwood and palm fronds. The Hatta Fort is a unique building which hosts a Majlis and a weapons museum where pistols, swords and daggers, used in olden times, are exhibited. Audio-visual information about forts and citadels […]

Just like in the movies….. but these are for real A visit to the US Navy’s first Afloat Forward Staging Base to counter mine threats Twelve miles somewhere north of Bahrain, the sun is setting in the purple skies above the Arabian Gulf. Metallica is blasting out of loudspeakers on the landing deck of the […]

A diver ropes down from a Sea Hawk to locate mines during the International Mine Countermeasures Exercise 2 off Bahrain. TheUS-led exercise, which began last week, includes operations by the unmanned SeaFox drones, which are equipped with sonar and an explosive charge designed to shoot and destroy mines. photographer Shihab