Bahrain issues threat alerts as Iran claims attack on US military base
BAHRAIN issued two alerts warning of potential threats on Sunday, its first such warnings since September, as Iran claimed responsibility for an attack on a US military base in the Gulf kingdom amid stalled efforts to end the nearly nine-month-old co...
Bahrain issued two alerts on Sunday, marking its first such warnings since September, in response to Iran's claim of attacking a US military base within its territory. The conflict in Bahrain has been ongoing for nearly nine months, and efforts to end the crisis have so far been unsuccessful. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) stated that it carried out a drone attack on a US air-defence radar at the Al-Rifaa helicopter base in Bahrain, targeting what the Guards described as "hostile US actions".
The US military, however, denied the attack, claiming that it had intercepted two Iranian drones without any damage to its equipment. Bahrain's Interior Ministry advised residents to remain calm and move to the nearest safe location, but provided no further information on the reported threats. The latest alerts followed a previous incident two days ago, when the Revolutionary Guards alleged that they had targeted a US early-warning radar in Bahrain.
The United States refuted this claim, stating that they had intercepted two Iranian drones without sustaining any damage.
Bahrain serves as a crucial military hub for the US Navy in the Gulf region, housing the Fifth Fleet. Diplomatic talks to resolve the conflict have not yielded a breakthrough thus far, although both countries have refrained from direct attacks in recent days. The war began on February 28 with US and Israeli strikes on Iran, which subsequently escalated to include missile and drone attacks on US bases in Gulf countries.
US President Donald Trump expressed a willingness to refrain from further attacks against Iran if Tehran and the Iran-backed Houthi group in Yemen stopped their provocations. However, he intends to maintain a US naval blockade around the region. Meanwhile, hostilities continue in another theatre, with the Saudi-led coalition reporting that it intercepted two Houthi ballistic missiles aimed at Riyadh and three drones over the kingdom's oil-rich Eastern Province.
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