Iran has targeted an airbase inBahrainin the latest resumption of strikes since September, prompting public warnings and sirens to ring out in the Gulf kingdom this morning.
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warnings → target → kingdom
According to Iranian media, the IRGC said it had sent six drones to attack a US radar system hosted in the US-allied island state.
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it → accord → state
Explosions were heard around the capital, Manama, but Bahrain authorities say their air defences intercepted the attacks before they reached their targets.
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they → hear → targets
Bahrain, which lies directly across the Persian Gulf from Iran, is home to the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet, and has been repeatedly attacked by Tehran during the course of the war, which has seen flare-ups in strikes amid long bouts of inaction.
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which → lie → inaction
There are fears Iran’s attacks this morning might signal a resumption of the war while US President Donald Trump has threatened but refrained from returning to major combat.
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Trump → be → combat
Negotiations to end the war remain at a stalemate, with the US maintaining its naval blockade and Iran its stranglehold over the strait of Hormuz.
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Iran → end → Hormuz
Developments in the Red Sea this morning will add to further concerns for Gulf oil flows.
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Developments → add → flows
The Yemeni government forces supported by Saudi Arabia, fighting the Houthis, have retreated from the Bab el-Mandeb area, giving the Iran-aligned rebels even greater control over the critical shipping lane, which Saudi Arabia and other Gulf oil producers had been relying on to get their supplies out.
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Arabia → support → supplies
Elsewhere, Hamas has confirmed that a senior commander involved in planning the 7 October attacks was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Saturday.
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commander → confirm → Saturday
Bahrain locals: 'I was hoping this period was behind us'
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period → hop → us
After two months of calm, the explosions have started again for Bahrain citizens.
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explosions → start → citizens
Locals reported hearing blasts about 4am local time, and then a second round at 6.30am
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Locals → hear → 6.30am
It’s exactly what I was hoping wouldn’t happen: Iranian attacks starting again, with all the worry and uncertainty that go with them”, Hayat Ibrahim, 65, told AFP news agency.
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Ibrahim → ’ → agency
Another resident, Mohammed Abdallah, a shopkeeper in the capital Manama, which is just north of the air base targeted said:
I was hoping this period was behind us and wouldn’t happen again.
Bahrain’s Interior Ministry posted public warnings on X, telling “residents to remain calm, proceed to the nearest safe location, and follow news through official channels”.
Iran had last launched strikes in the first week of September, when the regime targeted US military assets in Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they had launched six drones targeting a US air defence radar at the Al-Rifaa helicopter base on Sunday morning, reported Iranian media.
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media → target → morning
They said they had attacked the air base in retaliation for “hostile US actions”.
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they → say → actions
US forces have been quietly carrying out a series of strikes on Iranian sites in recent weeks, including on the key Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, where there’s a major IRGC presence.
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forces → carry → Hormuz
Trump has called them minor strikes.
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Trump → call → them
Bahrain officials this morning have accused Tehran of continuing a “systematic hostile approach” to the kingdom.
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officials → accuse → kingdom
The drone flurry this morning comes just 48 hours after Iran launched drones on Friday, the first escalations targeting Bahrain in two months.
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Iran → come → months
That attack targeted an American radar facility.
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attack → target → facility
US Central Command said it had shot down the two drones without any injury or damage.
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it → say → injury
Bahrain officials hadn’t issued any warnings for that attack, but were forced to send out public alerts this morning telling residents to seek shelter.
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officials → issue → shelter
The Interior Ministry told locals to remain calm but proceed to to the nearest safe location.
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Ministry → tell → location
Iran has targeted an airbase inBahrainin the latest resumption of strikes since September, prompting public warnings and sirens to ring out in the Gulf kingdom this morning.
asserted
Iran → target → kingdom
According to Iranian media, the IRGC said it had sent six drones to attack a US radar system hosted in the US-allied island state.
uncertain
it → accord → state
Explosions were heard around the capital, Manama, but Bahrain authorities say their air defences intercepted the attacks before they reached their targets.
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they → hear → targets
Bahrain, which lies directly across the Persian Gulf from Iran, is home to the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet, and has been repeatedly attacked by Tehran during the course of the war, which has seen flare-ups in strikes amid long bouts of inaction.
asserted
which → lie → inaction
There are fears Iran’s attacks this morning might signal a resumption of the war while US President Donald Trump has threatened but refrained from returning to major combat.
uncertain
Trump → be → combat
Negotiations to end the war remain at a stalemate, with the US maintaining its naval blockade and Iran its stranglehold over the strait of Hormuz.
asserted
Iran → end → Hormuz
Developments in the Red Sea this morning will add to further concerns for Gulf oil flows.
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Developments → add → flows
The Yemeni government forces supported by Saudi Arabia, fighting the Houthis, have retreated from the Bab el-Mandeb area, giving the Iran-aligned rebels even greater control over the critical shipping lane, which Saudi Arabia and other Gulf oil producers had been relying on to get their supplies out.
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Arabia → support → supplies
Elsewhere, Hamas has confirmed that a senior commander involved in planning the 7 October attacks was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Saturday.
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commander → confirm → Saturday
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