Bahrain said it repelled an Iranian attack on Sunday, the second such assault in three days, as tensions across the Middle East simmer and the U.S.-Iran war remains in limbo.
The Bahrain Defense Force said on social media that it destroyed “several treacherous Iranian aerial attacks” in its skies. The exact targets weren’t immediately clear, but the Iranians may have been aiming to hit U.S. Naval Support Activity Bahrain, a major Mideast naval hub, or other installations used by American forces.
It’s the second such attack in three days. On Friday, U.S. Central Command said it shot down two Iranian one-way attack drones headed toward Bahrain.
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The Friday and Sunday attacks were the first to target Bahrain in about two months. The incidents could indicate that Iran is preparing to ramp up hostilities against its neighbors and U.S. forces stationed across the region.
The U.S. launched its war against Iran on Feb. 28 with the aim of destroying the country’s nuclear program, demolishing its navy, crushing its drone-and-missile production capacity and ending Tehran’s support for terrorist groups such as Hamas, Hezbollah and the Yemen-based Houthi rebels.
But the U.S. has struggled to accomplish all of those goals. The conflict, especially its murky endgame, is widely viewed as the central reason Republicans lost the House and the Senate in the recent midterm elections.
President Trump has given conflicting signals recently about whether he intends to resume a full-blown military campaign against Iran.
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