Bahrain says Iran launched a drone attack targeting the island kingdom
Bahrain says Iran launched a drone attack targeting the island kingdom
By JON GAMBRELL Sat, June 27, 2026 at 9:45 AM UTC
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Bahrain said Saturday that Iran launched a drone attack on the island kingdom and home to the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet, just after Tehran said it targeted American military installations to retaliate for overnight airstrikes.
The strikes on Bahrain show the danger of the Iran war again spinning out of control, even after Iran and the U.S. reached an interim deal to try and reach a final accord to end the conflict.
The U.S. had launched its airstrikes in response to an Iranian drone attack on a ship trying to get out of the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, continuing a string of attacks that have shaken the uneasy ceasefire in the war.
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That Iran targeted Bahrain likely was not coincidental. The kingdom has been one of the strongest critics of Iran. It just hosted U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio for a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council's foreign ministers, which ended with a call for an end to Iran's attacks and the strait to be completely open.
A statement from Bahrain’s Foreign Ministry said a “number of Iranian drones” targeted the country. It called the attack “a flagrant threat to the security of citizens and residents.”
Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard earlier on Saturday 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.”
It did not name what areas were targeted.
Source: “AOL Breaking”
