auto-update week 41

middle-east/ba.json

@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@
     },
     "Geography - note": {
       "text": "close to primary Middle Eastern petroleum sources; strategic location in Persian Gulf, through which much of the Western world's petroleum must transit to reach open ocean"
+    },
+    "Major aquifers": {
+      "text": "Arabian Aquifer System"
     }
   },
   "People and Society": {
@@ -414,6 +417,9 @@
       "percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
         "text": "8% (2012 est.)"
       }
+    },
+    "Major aquifers": {
+      "text": "Arabian Aquifer System"
     }
   },
   "Government": {
@@ -560,7 +566,7 @@
     },
     "Diplomatic representation from the US": {
       "chief of mission": {
-        "text": "ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Maggie NARDI (since August 2019)"
+        "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Maggie NARDI (since August 2019)"
       },
       "embassy": {
         "text": "Building 979, Road 3119 (next to Al-Ahli Sports Club), Block 331, Zinj District, P.O. Box 26431, Manama"
@@ -979,10 +985,10 @@
     },
     "Airports - with paved runways": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "4 (2017)"
+        "text": "4"
       },
       "over 3,047 m": {
-        "text": "3 (2017)"
+        "text": "3"
       },
       "914 to 1,523 m": {
         "text": "1 (2017)"
@@ -1049,6 +1055,9 @@
     },
     "Military service age and obligation": {
       "text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service; 15 years of age for NCOs, technicians, and cadets; no conscription (2019)"
+    },
+    "Military - note": {
+      "text": "<p>as of 2021, Bahrain hosted the US Naval Forces Central Command (USNAVCENT; established 1983), which included the US 5th Fleet, several subordinate naval task forces, and the Combined Maritime Forces (established 2002), a coalition of more than 30 nations providing maritime security for regional shipping lanes; in 2018, the UK opened a naval support base in Bahrain<br><br>Bahrain has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US; MNNA is a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation; while MNNA status provides military and economic privileges, it does not entail any security commitments</p>"
     }
   },
   "Terrorism": {