
No US or Bahraini confirmation was immediately given
AI-generated summary
The war in the Middle East was sparked in late February by US-Israeli strikes on Iran. Bahraini bases and equipment have been targeted several times in recent months. The Revolutionary Guards are the ideological army of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The Revolutionary Guards, the ideological army of the Islamic Republic of Iran, said their forces had targeted a US early warning radar system in Bahrain, according to a statement broadcast Friday by state television.
No confirmation from either the United States or Bahrain was immediately given regarding a strike on the small Gulf archipelago. Bahraini bases and equipment have been targeted several times in recent months during the war in the Middle East, triggered at the end of February by American-Israeli strikes on Iran.
A blockade against Iranian ports
“A few hours ago, fighters of the Revolutionary Guards Aerospace Force targeted and destroyed the early warning radar of the American aggressors on the island of Bahrain, in response to the enemy's aerial assault on a telecommunications tower in Sirik,” a port city in southern Iran, the guards said in a statement. “This is a serious warning to the aggressor enemy to stop its aerial provocations and oil smuggling in the Strait of Hormuz,” the guards added.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The United States or Bahrain will issue a denial or confirmation of the strike on the radar.
Likely · Within days
Further strikes or retaliation could target installations in the Persian Gulf or the Strait of Hormuz.
Possible · Within weeks
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