Explosions and air-raid sirens rang out over Bahrain early Sunday as Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they had attacked a U.S. military base in the Gulf nation, the second such claim against Bahrain in three days. Explosions were heard around 4:00 a.m. local time, an AFP journalist reported, with residents reporting a second series of blasts around 6:30 a.m. Bahrain’s interior ministry urged residents to remain calm and proceed to the nearest safe location.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said their Aerospace Force launched six drones at a U.S. air defense radar at the Al-Riffa helicopter base, in a statement carried by Iranian state broadcaster IRIB. The Guards described the attack as retaliation for hostile U.S. actions. Bahrain’s defense forces said their air defense systems intercepted the attacks before they could achieve their objectives, and the foreign ministry said air defense systems had shot down Iranian drones. Neither the United States nor Bahrain had confirmed any damage from the reported attack, and no casualties had been reported. Iran’s claim is presented in this video as a claim; the interception account is Bahrain’s.
Bahrain hosts the headquarters of the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet and is one of several Gulf countries that have borne the brunt of Tehran’s attacks during the war, now in its ninth month. On Friday the Revolutionary Guards said they had targeted a U.S. early-warning radar system in Bahrain; the U.S. military said it intercepted two Iranian drones, with no damage. This video is an original Zark News graphic production; no third-party footage is used.
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Sources: AFP via Arab News; Reuters • November 15, 2026. Zark News illustration.
