Iran's IRGC launches drone attack on US base in Bahrain, triggering hostile escalation

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced via state television that six drones targeted a US air defense radar at Bahrain's Al-Rifaa helicopter base on Sunday morning.

The IRGC-linked Fars News Agency said that the IRGC carried out the attacks in response to "hostile" actions of the US.

Bahrain, home to the US Navy's Fifth Fleet, urged citizens and residents to remain calm and proceed to the nearest safe location, its interior ministry said.

It did not provide further details on the threats.

Warnings by Bahrain Interior Ministry first since September

The warnings by Bahrain's Interior Ministry were the first such warnings by the Gulf nation since September.

The US military said it had intercepted two Iranian drones without any harm caused.