US evacuates families of its military men from Bahrain

A spokesman for the fifth American fleet said that families of the American military personnel in Bahrain received official orders to leave the Kingdoms within days amid reports of the possibility of attacks against the Americans.

The spokesman for the American fifth fleet positioned in Bahrain said that the official order to leave arrived on Sunday after two days of a decision issued by the Pentagon of the first evacuation of its kind in this "pro US" country.

Spokesman James Greibel explained that the order target 350 families, which means 650 persons including relatives of employees for the US defense department or American soldiers positioned in Bahrain. Travel agents in Bahrain said that the travel movement " is still normal" and there are not yet any move or an increase in travel bookings to the USA.