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

Jerusalem Post/Middle East/Iran NewsBahrain, 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.Follow us on GoogleFILE PHOTO: Smoke rises after an Iranian drone was intercepted over the Bahrain Financial Harbour towers, which houses the Israeli embassy, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Manama, Bahrain, March 6, 2026. Picture taken on a mobile phone. (photo credit: REUTERS/Stringer TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)NOVEMBER 15, 2026 06:31Iran'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.Still from a video purporting to show an Iranian drone launch, released by Iran August 31, 2026. (credit: SCREENSHOT/X/@IRANinMumbai)Warnings by Bahrain Interior Ministry first since SeptemberThe 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.Follow us on Google