18 February 2011 - 20:30

According to informe sources Bahraini Army withdraws from the Pearl Roundabout and police take over the place.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - According to informe sources Bahraini Army withdraws from the Pearl Roundabout and police take over the place. 

According to witnesses police used tear gas to disperse the demonstrators.

Bahraini military vehicles, deployed in the capital Manama's Pearl Square after a deadly police raid on protesters, began pulling out on Saturday, a condition the opposition has set to begin talks.

The army "will deploy outside Manama and the police will restore order," an official told AFP requesting anonymity as a row of tanks left the square and started heading west.

Meanwhile, Bahraini police fired tear gas Saturday to disperse an anti-regime protest at Pearl Square in the capital Manama, shortly after the army pulled out of the area.