{"id":4464,"date":"2026-11-15T12:03:48","date_gmt":"2026-11-15T07:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4464"},"modified":"2026-11-15T12:03:48","modified_gmt":"2026-11-15T07:03:48","slug":"bahrain-issues-alerts-as-iran-claims-attack-on-us-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4464","title":{"rendered":"Bahrain issues alerts as Iran claims attack on US base"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Bahrain issued two alerts of potential threats on Sunday, its first such warnings since September, as Iran \u200bsaid it had attacked a US base in the Gulf country \u200camid uncertainty over a US-Iran deal aimed at ending the nearly <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/iran\/\"><u>nine-month-old war.<\/u><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it had attacked a US military base in Bahrain in retaliation for \u201chostile US \u200bactions\u201d, Iran\u2019s Fars news agency reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Revolutionary Guards said they had launched \u200bsix drones targeting a US air-defence radar at the Al Rifaa helicopter \u2060base in Bahrain, Iranian state-run Press TV reported.<\/p>\n<p>There was no immediate \u200bconfirmation from US or Bahraini authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Bahrain, home to the US Navy\u2019s Fifth Fleet, urged \u200bcitizens and residents to remain calm and proceed to the nearest safe location, the interior ministry said. It did not provide further details on the threats.<\/p>\n<p>Two days earlier, the Revolutionary Guards \u200bsaid they <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/irans-guards-say-they-targeted-us-early-warning-radar-bahrain-2026-11-13\/\"><u>had attacked<\/u><\/a> a US early-warning radar in Bahrain.<\/p>\n<p>The US military denied \u200bthis, saying it had intercepted two Iranian drones without any damage.<\/p>\n<p>Diplomatic efforts to end the \u200cconflict \u2060have yet to produce a breakthrough, though Washington and Tehran have held off on direct attacks in the war that began with US and Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28 and then spread across the region, with Tehran launching missile \u200band drone attacks \u200bon US bases \u2060in Gulf countries.<\/p>\n<p>President <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/donald-trump\/\"><u>Donald Trump<\/u><\/a> has said in recent days that he might <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/trump-tells-advisers-he-may-hold-off-iran-attacks-barring-new-provocations-2026-11-14\/\"><u>hold off<\/u><\/a> on attacking Iran if the US faces \u200bno new provocations from Tehran or the Iran-backed Houthis in \u200bYemen, but \u2060that he would maintain a US naval blockade, Reuters reported on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>On another front, however, the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/saudi-led-coalition-intercepts-missiles-towards-riyadh-drones-eastern-province-2026-11-15\/\"><u>Houthis and the Saudi-led coalition<\/u><\/a> fighting them have continued to exchange attacks, with \u2060the \u200bcoalition saying on Sunday it had intercepted two \u200bHouthi ballistic missiles launched towards the Saudi capital Riyadh and three drones in the kingdom\u2019s oil-rich Eastern \u200bProvince.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bahrain issued two alerts of potential threats on Sunday, its first such warnings since September, as Iran \u200bsaid it had attacked a US base in the Gulf country \u200camid uncertainty over a US-Iran deal aimed at ending the nearly nine-month-old war. Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it had attacked a US military base in Bahrain in retaliation for \u201chostile US \u200bactions\u201d, Iran\u2019s Fars news agency reported. The Revolutionary Guards said they had launched \u200bsix drones targeting a US air-defence radar at the Al Rifaa helicopter \u2060base in Bahrain, Iranian&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4464\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}