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Iran says it targets US radar in Bahrain. What do we know?

Al Jazeera

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it has launched six drones at a US air defence radar system at Bahrain’s Riffa Air Base in response to what it describes as hostile US actions. Sirens sounded in Bahrain on Sunday as its Ministry of Interior urged residents to “remain calm” and “proceed to the nearest safe location”. It was the second time in three days that the IRGC claimed to have targeted a US radar system in Bahrain. The US military said it intercepted two Iranian drones on Friday but has yet to comment on Sunday’s claim. The IRGC said it struck the radar at Bahrain’s Riffa Air Base, according to a statement carried by the IRGC-affiliated Fars News Agency.

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