Bahrain sacks doctors, health workers

The Bahraini government has dismissed 30 doctors and 150 health ministry workers for supporting anti-government protests.


The doctors and employees, who have been accused of backing the anti-regime protesters, are under arrest.

Police also stormed schools on Monday and arrested teachers ahead of a planned strike, a Press TV correspondent reported.

Earlier, Bahraini authorities expelled 16 Lebanese nationals from the country. The move came after the leader of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah, Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, voiced support for the Bahraini protesters.

Bahraini people have been demanding an end to the two-century-long rule of the Al Khalifa dynasty since February 14.

Scores of protesters have been killed and many others gone missing since the beginning of the revolution.

Bahraini forces have reinforced a massive armed crackdown on the uprising with the help of Saudi, the UAE and Kuwaiti troops.