Bahrain's Foreign Ministry said Saturday that Iran launched two drones into its territory this morning, both successfully intercepted. The ministry condemned the launches as unacceptable aggression. The incident comes days after Bahrain reported intercepting 36 Iranian drones earlier this month.
Bahrain's Foreign Ministry reported Saturday afternoon that two Iranian drones were launched into Bahraini airspace during the morning and were successfully intercepted, a development that follows a sequence of escalating aerial confrontations. The ministry's statement, released at an unspecified time Saturday, refers to what it called 'the morning' — hours before this report. It marks the latest instance in a thread of attacks that began overnight Friday into Saturday, when The Zioneer first reported at 12:15 Jerusalem that Bahrain accused Iran of a suicide drone strike.
Through Saturday's successive updates, the narrative has evolved from a general accusation to a more specific account of two drones launched and intercepted. The initial thread item, published at 12:15 Jerusalem, carried Bahrain's claim of an overnight suicide drone attack on its territory. A second item at 12:15 Jerusalem reported Iran's framing of the attack as retaliation for American airstrikes. A third item at 12:15 Jerusalem added that the attack targeted the U.S. Fifth Fleet area. The latest statement narrows the claimed attack to two drones, said to have been intercepted. The source remains exclusively the Bahraini Foreign Ministry's own statement, with no independent confirmation or corroborating reports from other newsrooms.
Background context from The Zioneer's published record situates this within a broader Iranian campaign against the Gulf. On June 10, The Zioneer reported a second wave of Iranian attacks against Bahrain that morning. On June 11, Bahrain confirmed a launch of 36 Iranian drones that morning, with debris wounding an 11-year-old girl, and separately Kuwait reported intercepting 24 drones. On June 12, the U.S. shot down two Iranian drones after an attempted strike on ships in the Strait of Hormuz, per Fox News citing a senior U.S. official. The current incident involves a smaller salvo than the 36-drone wave, but continues what Bahrain has characterized as direct Iranian threats to the kingdom.
Key details remain open: the ministry has not specified the exact time of the launches or interceptions, the type of drones used, or whether any debris fell on Bahraini soil. No damage or casualties have been reported from this morning's incident. The claim rests on a single source (the ministry's statement relayed via the wire) and remains Developing pending independent verification or additional official confirmation.
5 developments
- StrongBahrain confirms 36 Iranian drones launched this morning, girl hurt by debris
- DevelopingBahrain accuses Iran of launching drones at it following US strike on Iran
- DevelopingBahrain condemns Iranian missile strikes on its soil, says several intercepted
- StrongIran claims drones struck US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain; no explosions reported on the island
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