Two waves of sirens rang via Bahrain on Friday, simply as Iran claimed accountability for focused strikes on US property in a number of Arab countries.
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The Bahraini Ministry of Interior known as on residents to “remain calm” after alarms had been activated at 12:47 a.m. ET and once more at 3:47 a.m. ET, in posts on X.
Further north, the Jordanian navy downed seven missiles and 6 drones from Iran on Friday, in accordance to Jordan’s Armed Forces.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) focused “three ammunition and equipment storage” services at Kuwait’s Al-Adairi Base, in accordance to the semi-official company Tasnim. The IRGC additionally focused the management tower of the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, Tasnim mentioned.
Earlier on Friday, Tehran aimed drones at Bahrain’s Sheikh Isa Air Base and Jordan’s Al-Azraq Air Base, in accordance to Iran’s Press TV.
NCS can not independently confirm the claims.
Barely a day earlier, Kuwaiti air defenses additionally intercepted a wave of Iranian “missile and drone attacks,” according to Kuwait’s military.
Tehran has intensified assaults on US-allied nations within the area after Washington unleashed a contemporary assault on Iran in mid-July. Several of these international locations beneath Iranian fireplace, together with Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan, home US navy bases.
At least 4 US service members have been killed in the newest wave of Iranian assaults over the previous week, in accordance to the Pentagon. Three of these had been killed in Jordan, and one was killed in a managed Iranian drone detonation in Iraq.
Iran’s newest salvo has additionally prompted journey restrictions and stark warnings from overseas consulates. Just on Thursday, the UK Foreign Office issued travel guidance advising towards “all but essential travel” for Kuwait and Bahrain.
NCS’s Aleena Fayaz, Lex Harvey and Kareem El Damanhoury contributed reporting.
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