News agencies revealed additional information about the travelling circumstances of spiritual leader of Shia majority Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim to the British capital, London, where he arrived two days ago to receive treatment after his health deteriorated.

Eyewitnesses said that the security authorities started today (Tuesday, July 10, 2018) removing the security checkpoints deployed at streets near the house of spiritual leader of Shia majority Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, one day after he left Bahrain to receive treatment abroad.

The follow-up team of the treatment of Bahrain religious Leader, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, issued a statement confirming the Sheikh’s need to undergo surgery, after performing medical tests.

Bahrain's top Shiite cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim left Manama for treatment in London on Monday after his health deteriorated, his aides said.

Bahrain's top Shi'ite Muslim cleric, who has been accused of inciting sectarian strife and has been living under virtual house arrest, has been allowed to travel to London for medical treatment, an opposition figure said on Monday.

A top Shiite cleric and opposition figure in Bahrain has left the island kingdom for medical treatment in Britain.

The medical team following up the treatment of the Bahraini Shia majority’s spiritual leader Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim said that Qassim arrived in London yesterday evening.

The team following up the treatment of Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim said the latter had left for the United Kingdom this morning on Monday (July 9, 2018) for treatment.

Bahraini authorities have allowed the spiritual leader of Bahrain’s Shiite majority, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, to receive treatment outside the country after nearly 14 months of house arrest, which has led to the deterioration of his health.

“Al-Muqawim” Twitter account, concerned in publishing Sheikh Isa Qassim’s news, said that Sheikh Qassim underwent a surgery yesterday (June 27, 2018) in a private hospital.

Bahrain’s Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, the country's largest opposition political association, has blamed the Bahraini authorities for the deterioration of the spiritual leader of the Shiite majority, Sheikh Isa Qassim’s health.

Sources close to family of spiritual leader of Shia majority Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim said that the authorities released his son and son-in-law, who were arrested after transferring Sheikh Qassim to hospital yesterday night.

Supporters of a prominent Shiite cleric in Bahrain who has lost his citizenship and is under house arrest say he has been taken to a local hospital.

The highest religious authority in Bahrain Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim was transferred on Sunday (June 24, 2018) to a hospital in an ambulance, after his health deteriorated.

A statement issued by Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society said that June 20 of every year deserves to be "Bahraini Nationality Day" since this day marks a huge event that took place two years ago in 2016.

UN communication sent to the Government of Bahrain included UN demands to the government to provide explanations for deteriorating health condition of Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.

Bahrain-based Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society said that the town of Diraz, west of the capital Manama, has completed on Monday 700 days of the siege imposed on the area.

Bahrain's senior Shia spiritual leader Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim will complete a full year of siege on May 23, 2018.

The Bahraini security authorities put on Thursday (April 19, 2018) barbed wires around house of spiritual leader of Shia majority, Sheikh Isa Qassim, who is under house arrest.

Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, the largest opposition society in Bahrain, said that the authorities intensified their siege around the house of spiritual leader of Shia majority, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.