Blasts and sirens rang out over Bahrain and authorities urged residents to seek shelter on Sunday as Irans Guards said they had attacked a US military base in the Gulf nationAlarm sirens blared according to an AFP journalist while authorities posted several alerts on social media without specifying the source of the threatThe interior ministry in an X post urged residents to remain calm proceed to the nearest safe
location and follow news through official channels for the protection of public safetyExplosions could be heard around 400 am 0100 GMT the AFP journalist said with residents reporting a second series of blasts around 630 am 0330 GMTIrans Revolutionary Guards said their forces carried out a drone attack on a US radar system at a base in Bahrain according to a statement carried by the Iranian state broadcaster on
SundayThe US air defense radar system at the AlRiffa helicopter base in Bahrain was targeted by six drones belonging to the IRGC Aerospace Force the Guards said in a statement posted by the state broadcaster on TelegramThe Strait of Hormuz is closed and any aggression by the American enemy will be met with an even harsher and more forceful response it addedDuring eight months of war Iran has restricted shipping
through the Strait of Hormuz oil trade route and struck infrastructure including airports seaports energy facilities and US assets across the regionBahrain which hosts a major US naval base is one of several Gulf countries that have borne the brunt of Tehrans wrath during the war that started when the United States and Israel launched surprise attacks on Iran on February 28On Friday the Revolutionary Guards had said
their forces targeted a US early warning radar system in Bahrain with the American military saying it shot down two Iranian drones targeting the Gulf islandThe US militarys Central Command CENTCOM reported no casualties or damage in that attackCENTCOM which oversees American military operations in the region said last month that it had helped Gulf countries export 15 billion barrels of oil since the summer via Hormuz
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