Bahrain says – Bahrain said Iranian drones targeted the island kingdom shortly after Tehran said it struck American military sites in retaliation for overnight airstrikes. The U.S. airstrikes came after an Iranian drone attack on a ship moving near the Strait of Hormuz, shak
For the second time in days, the confrontation in the Middle East edged closer to Bahrain—an island kingdom that hosts the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet.
Saturday. Bahrain said Iran launched a drone attack targeting the country just after Tehran said it targeted American military installations to retaliate for overnight airstrikes. Bahrain’s Foreign Ministry said a “number of Iranian drones” targeted the country and called the attack “a flagrant threat to the security of citizens and residents.”.
The timing carried the weight of a spiral. The U.S. launched its airstrikes after an Iranian drone attack on a ship trying to get out of the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday. The strikes came as a string of attacks has shaken the uneasy ceasefire in the wider conflict between Iran and the U.S.
Bahrain, officials said, appears to be in the path for more than geography. The kingdom has been one of the strongest critics of Iran, and it had just hosted U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio for a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council’s foreign ministers. That meeting ended with a call for an end to Iran’s attacks and for the strait to be completely open.
Iran’s response on Saturday framed the moment differently. Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard issued a statement carried by the state-run IRNA news agency saying it had targeted several locations “of the U.S. terrorist army in the region.” The statement did not specify what areas were targeted.
The sequence is hard to miss: an Iranian drone attack on Thursday helped set off U.S. airstrikes overnight. Tehran described retaliatory targeting of American military installations. and Bahrain then said Iranian drones hit the island kingdom days that were supposed to move the region toward restraint. Even with an interim deal in place between Iran and the U.S. the latest exchanges underscored how quickly the conflict can slip out of control.
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So Iran just keeps sending drones and the U.S. reacts like it’s a video game? Wild.
I didn’t realize Bahrain was basically involved like that. If the strait is “open,” why are they attacking ships anyway? Seems backwards.
They said “retaliation” but the article makes it sound like the U.S. was just waiting to strike. Also Marco Rubio meeting leaders… then drones out of nowhere. Coincidence? I dunno.
Maybe the drones were actually from the U.S.? Like Bahrain said number of drones, but it’s always “Iran this” and “U.S. that.” I saw another post earlier saying the ship was American, so of course it’s the U.S. getting blamed. Either way, keep the Navy out of it if you can.