They will claim attack on the US base in Bahrain

O Iran stated today that it attacked with drones a U.S. military base in Bahrain, a Gulf country where explosions were heard in the morning.

According to a journalist from the France-Presse news agency, alarm sirens sounded and the authorities issued several alerts on social media, advising the population to look for a safe place, but without specifying the source of the threat.

New explosions occurred around 06:30 (03:30 in Lisbon), the journalist said.

In a message published on social network X, the Bahrain Interior Ministry called on “residents to remain calm, head to the nearest safe place and monitor information through official channels.”.

Shortly thereafter, the Revolutionary Guard, Iran's ideological military force, reported attacking an American military base in Bahrain, a nation that has been frequently targeted since the start of the Middle East war.

“ The U.S. air defense radar system at the Al-Riffa helicopter base in Bahrain was targeted by six drones belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Aerospace Force,” the Guard said, in a statement published on the Telegram message platform.

On Friday, the Revolutionary Guard had already claimed an attack on an American radar system in Bahrain, the first attack on a Gulf country since early September.

In turn, the U.S. Army claimed to have intercepted and shot down two drones launched by Iranian forces.

Bahrain, which houses an important U.S. naval base, is one of the Gulf countries that has suffered several attacks by Tehran since the start of the Middle East war, triggered by attacks by the US and Israel against Iran on 28 February.

Since then, Iran has regularly targeted vessels trying to cross the Strait of Ormuz, a strategic maritime route through which about one-fifth of the hydrocarbons consumed in the world before the war.

In response, Washington imposed a blockade on Iranian ports.