Key facts
- Bahrain's interior ministry said it issued two alerts about potential threats on November 15.
- The ministry urged citizens and residents to remain calm and proceed to the nearest safe location.
- The ministry did not provide further details on the nature of the threats.
- Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they attacked a US early-warning radar in Bahrain, a claim the US military denied.
- The US military said it intercepted two Iranian drones without any harm caused.
Bahrain's interior ministry issued two separate alerts about potential threats in posts on social media platform X on Sunday, November 15, the first such warnings by the Gulf country since September. The ministry urged citizens and residents to remain calm and proceed to the nearest safe location. It did not provide further details on the threats.
Gulf News reported the first alert was issued at 5.32am and the second at 7.50am, both on November 15, and said the ministry cautioned the public against relying on unverified information. Middle East Eye reported the ministry described the message as a hazard alert and said it came moments after Saudi Arabia said its air defenses intercepted two Houthi ballistic missiles launched toward the Riyadh region.
The warnings came two days after Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they attacked a US early-warning radar in Bahrain. The US military denied the claim, saying it had intercepted two Iranian drones without any harm caused. US Central Command said Iranian forces launched two one-way attack drones toward Bahrain on November 13, both of which were intercepted and shot down, according to Gulf News.
Bahrain is home to the US Navy's Fifth Fleet. The ministry has not confirmed that a new attack has taken place, and the scale and nature of the potential threat mentioned in the November 15 advisory remain unclear.