Bahrain's interior ministry issues alerts of potential threats
The ministry urged residents to stay calm and move to safety as Iran claimed a drone strike on a US radar base.
- On Sunday, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched six drones at a US air defense radar system at Bahrain's Riffa Air Base, prompting the Interior Ministry to urge residents to "remain calm" and seek shelter.
- This operation marks the second time in three days that the IRGC claimed to target US radar assets in the kingdom, characterizing the strike as a response to what it describes as hostile US actions.
- Thwarting several Iranian "aerial attacks," the Bahrain Defence Force confirmed its systems succeeded in "preventing them from reaching their intended targets," while the US military intercepted two Iranian drones on Friday with no reported damage.
- Bahrain's foreign ministry issued a statement that "rejects turning its territory into an arena for settling scores" and holds Iran fully responsible, while the nation continues hosting the US Navy's Fifth Fleet in Manama.
- Diplomatic efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz remain stalled, with Iran's chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf stating Tehran wants to move beyond a state of "no war, no peace," even as President Donald Trump recently called the conflict "militarily effectively over.
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In a statement, Bahrain’s army claimed to have intercepted all air strikes “before they reached their targets.”
Panic moments in Bahrain, where several explosions were heard on Sunday morning, after Iran claimed a drone attack on an American military facility on the country's territory. Authorities activated the alerts, and the population was instructed to move to the nearest shelters and to track information transmitted through official channels.
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Explosions rang Sunday morning in Bahrain, Tehran claiming to have attacked an American base with drones.
Explosions rang on Sunday morning in Bahrain. Iran claimed to have attacked with drones an American base in this Gulf country regularly targeted since the beginning of the Middle East war.
According to the state media, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard fired six drones on a US air defense radar. Bahrain resisted the attacks according to its own statements.
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