<span style="color: #222222;">In Bahrain, an appeals court today sentenced the country's opposition leader to jail for life over charges of spying for rival Gulf state Qatar. Sheikh Ali Salman, who headed the now-outlawed Al-Wefaq movement, had been acquitted by the high criminal court in June, a verdict the public prosecution appealed. The latest ruling can also be appealed. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Salman is currently serving a four-year sentence in a separate case for allegedly inciting hatred in the kingdom, which has seen mainly protests by Shias against the Sunni monarchy since 2011.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Bahrain, along with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, severed all ties with Qatar last year. They banned their citizens from travel to or communication with the emirate over what they say are Doha's ties to both Iran and radical Islamist groups.</span><br />