Iran has carried out another drone attack targeting a US military installation in Bahrain, marking its second attempt to strike the Gulf country in three days.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, IRGC, said it
deployed six drones against a US air defence radar facility at Al-Riffa air
base on Sunday.
However, Bahrain's military said its air defence systems
intercepted and destroyed the drones before they could reach their targets.
The latest attack follows another Iranian drone assault on
Bahrain on Friday, which was the country's first strike against Gulf states
since September.
The attacks come amid growing tensions between Iran and the
United States over control of the Strait of Hormuz, a major shipping route
through which about 20 per cent of the world's oil and gas supplies normally
pass.
Commercial shipping through the strait has been heavily
disrupted since the war began in February.
Iran insists that it has the right to control the waterway
and has targeted vessels it describes as unauthorised. Meanwhile, the US
military has been escorting oil tankers to protect shipments from Gulf Arab
countries.
As air raid sirens sounded across Bahrain on Sunday, the
country's Interior Ministry urged residents to move to the nearest safe
locations.
Bahrain's Foreign Ministry condemned the attack, saying:
"The Kingdom of Bahrain condemns in the strongest terms the continued
brutal Iranian attacks on its territory and holds Iran fully responsible for
their consequences."
In a statement broadcast by Iran's state media on Telegram,
the IRGC warned that further American aggression would attract a stronger
response.
"The Strait of Hormuz is closed, and any aggression by
the American enemy will be met with an even harsher and more forceful
response," the statement said.
Earlier, the IRGC claimed it had struck a US early-warning
radar system in Bahrain during Friday's attack.
However, the US military rejected the claim, saying two
Iranian one-way attack drones were launched towards Bahrain but were
intercepted by American forces. It added that no one was injured and no damage
was recorded.
The latest confrontation follows US strikes on Iran's Qeshm
Island in the Strait of Hormuz earlier in the week.
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