Saudi-backed Al-Khalifa security forces in Bahrain have targeted civilians’ homes near the capital Manama with tear gas as part of their persisting crackdown on anti-regime protesters.

Saudi-backed Al-Khalifa security forces in Bahrain have targeted civilians' homes near the capital Manama with tear gas as part of their persisting crackdown on anti-regime protesters.

Bahraini regime forces reportedly chased a group of young demonstrators in the village of Sanabis, nearly 6 kilometers (3.5 miles) west of the capital, and fired toxic tear gas at them, going as far as launching tear gas canisters inside the homes of some fleeing protesters.

In yet another protest rally against the ruling Al Khalifa regime in the village of Nabih Saleh, to the south of Manama, a group of women chanted anti-regime slogans.

Moreover, in the western village of Shahrakan, a number of young protesters waged a rally against an earlier attack on a holy shrine by regime forces.

Scores of people have been killed since the Bahraini revolution erupted in February 2011. Security forces have arrested hundreds of peaceful protesters, including doctors and nurses. Dozens of demonstrators have also been sentenced to jail terms for attending street protests.

Physicians for Human Rights says doctors and nurses have been detained, tortured, or have disappeared because they have “evidence of atrocities committed by the authorities, security forces, and riot police” in the crackdown.