Iran targets US military base in Bahrain with drone attack

Iran launched a drone attack against a US military base in Bahrain on Sunday, its second attempt to target the country in three days. The country's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it targeted the US air defence radar facility at al-Riffa air base in Bahrain using six drones. Bahrain's military said its air defence systems intercepted and destroyed the Iranian air attacks "before they could achieve their objectives". It comes after Iran fired drones at Bahrain on Friday, its first attack against Gulf countries since September. The US and Iran are locked in a stand-off over the Strait of Hormuz. About a fifth of the world's gas and oil supply usually flows through it but shipping has been restricted since the outbreak of war in February.