Iranian attack a "dangerous escalation," Bahrain says
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Bahrain on Sunday said Iran had targeted it with “a number of ballistic missiles and drones,” an attack the Foreign Ministry called a “dangerous escalation.”
The attack shows Iran has “a deliberate policy and a systematic pattern of repeated aggression against Bahrain’s sovereignty and the security of its citizens and residents,” the ministry said in a statement on Sunday.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said earlier it targeted US facilities in Bahrain and Kuwait in retaliation for US airstrikes on Iranian sites Saturday. Bahrain had activated sirens multiple times early Sunday local time and told residents to head to a safe place.
Bahrain said Iran’s attacks constitute a threat to all states in the Gulf Cooperation Council, which also includes Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, pointing to a joint defense agreement among them.
Meanwhile, the General Command of the Bahrain Defense Force said its air defenses had “successfully intercepted and destroyed a number of the treacherous Iranian aerial attacks.”
It urged residents not to approach debris or suspicious objects that may be found in the wake of the Iranian attack.
All branches of Bahrain’s armed forces are at the highest level of alert, it said.
