Iran Launches Drone Attack Against Bahrain Amid Stalled US Talks

OPA WIRE, Nov 15 (OPA) — Iran launched a drone attack against Bahrain on Sunday for the second time in days, as peace talks with the United States have faltered. The Bahraini Defense Ministry said the Gulf Arab country’s armed forces had intercepted several Iranian aerial threats on Sunday before they struck their targets. Bahrain’s Interior Ministry also issued two alerts to residents on Sunday morning advising them to seek shelter.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps claimed that Iranian forces had targeted a radar system at a Bahraini air base. Bahrain separately hosts a major U.S. naval base, though the American military did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding the incident.

Sunday’s operation followed an announcement two days prior from the U.S. military stating it had shot down two drones fired by Iran toward Bahrain without causing any injuries or damage. The Revolutionary Guards asserted that Friday’s attack served as retaliation for a previous American strike on a telecommunications tower inside Iran.

The strikes represent the first attacks targeting Bahrain in about two months. Following joint U.S. and Israeli operations against Iran in February, Tehran launched numerous retaliatory missile and drone attacks at Gulf Arab nations hosting American military installations, though those incidents had largely subsided amid a diplomatic stalemate.