News - BHR
9 articles tagged BHR, newest first
2026-09-13
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│ US Navy Secretary acknowledges NSA Bahrain │
│ damage │
│ feature - The Intercept - │
│ independent/independent [BHR,USA] │
│ │
│ Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao acknowledged │
│ Sept 13 that NSA Bahrain, home of the Fifth │
│ Fleet, has been damaged by Iranian strikes │
│ to the point that USS Abraham Lincoln's │
│ crew have nowhere to pull in, with a task │
│ force assessing restoration. │
│ │
│ https://theintercept.com/2026/09/15/iran-wa │
│ r-us-bases-damage/ │
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2026-09-02
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│ US attacks kill 12 in Iran as Tehran │
│ strikes bases in Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait │
│ and Iraq │
│ feature - Helsinki Times - unknown/unknown │
│ [IRN,JOR,BHR,KWT,IRQ] │
│ │
│ Iran retaliated on Sept 2 against US-linked │
│ bases across four countries simultaneously: │
│ Camp Titin and Prince Hassan airbase in │
│ Jordan, Sheikh Isa in Bahrain, Ali al-Salem │
│ in Kuwait, and Erbil in Iraq. The │
│ single-window widening of the war to five │
│ territories is the structural fact scored │
│ here. Casualty counts on every side are │
│ contested between US, Iranian and │
│ host-government statements and are not used │
│ as levels. │
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│ https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/world-int/2922 │
│ 4-us-attacks-kill-12-in-iran-as-tehran-stri │
│ kes-bases-in-jordan-bahrain-kuwait-and-iraq │
│ .html │
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2026-09-01
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│ Navy not returning to damaged Bahrain base │
│ anytime soon, top officer says │
│ large - Navy Times - unknown/unknown │
│ [BHR,USA] │
│ │
│ The US Chief of Naval Operations stated on │
│ the record that the Navy will not return to │
│ NSA Bahrain anytime soon after the February │
│ strike, with Fifth Fleet logistics │
│ permanently shifted to Diego Garcia and a │
│ roughly $400M reconstruction bill. This is │
│ fresh confirmation of an ongoing state │
│ rather than new damage, and it is why │
│ Bahrain's alliance reliability moves as │
│ well as its conflict exposure. │
│ │
│ https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/20 │
│ 26/09/01/navy-not-returning-to-damaged-bahr │
│ ain-base-anytime-soon-top-officer-says/ │
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2026-08-12
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│ Bahrain, Kuwait secretly sent fighter jets │
│ to strike Iran this month │
│ large - Jerusalem Post - tilt/tilt │
│ [BHR,KWT,IRN,ARE] │
│ │
│ WSJ reported via unnamed sources that │
│ Bahrain and Kuwait covertly struck Iranian │
│ drone and missile storage sites in their │
│ first-ever direct military action against │
│ Iran, with UAE targeting intelligence; no │
│ government has confirmed and the underlying │
│ strike date is unspecified. Single-chain, │
│ direction only; if corroborated it converts │
│ both from struck parties to belligerents. │
│ │
│ https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news │
│ /article-903577 │
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2026-07-22
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│ Middle East shipping insurance costs rise │
│ on Hormuz risks │
│ large - S&P Global Commodity Insights - │
│ unknown/unknown [SAU,ARE,KWT,IRQ,QAT,BHR] │
│ │
│ Additional war-risk premiums for Hormuz │
│ jumped from 1-3% to 7.5-10% of hull value │
│ ($3M-$10M per $100M tanker; ~$21M on a │
│ VLCC), Gulf-to-China tanker freight hit 4x │
│ its 5-year average, and Hormuz transits │
│ collapsed to ~10 vessels a day against a │
│ 120-140 pre-war norm. The realized cost │
│ regime behind the Gulf trade scores; │
│ corroborates, holds. │
│ │
│ https://www.spglobal.com/energy/en/news-res │
│ earch/latest-news/shipping/072226-middle-ea │
│ st-shipping-insurance-costs-rise-on-hormuz- │
│ risks-marsh │
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2026-07-21
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│ Air-raid sirens in Bahrain as military │
│ intercepts Iranian weapons │
│ medium - CBS News - tilt/independent │
│ [BHR,IRN] │
│ │
│ Air-raid sirens sounded in Bahrain July 21 │
│ as its military intercepted incoming │
│ Iranian weapons; no confirmed casualties │
│ this cycle. Bahrain conflict held near -8. │
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│ https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-w │
│ ar-trump-us-troops-killed-wounded-jordan-ba │
│ se/ │
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2026-07-13
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│ Iran attacks Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, │
│ Jordan and UAE after fresh US strikes over │
│ Hormuz │
│ feature - Arab News - unknown/tilt │
│ [QAT,KWT,BHR,JOR,OMN,ARE,IRN] │
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│ Iran's retaliation wave struck six │
│ Gulf/Levant states, including Al Udeid Air │
│ Base in Qatar (3 injured, a fighter-jet │
│ maintenance center destroyed per IRGC │
│ claims, flagged); Qatar held Iran fully │
│ legally responsible. Drove Qatar conflict │
│ near -6 to -7, Kuwait near -7 to -8, │
│ Bahrain near -7 to -8, Jordan -5 to -6. │
│ │
│ https://www.arabnews.com/node/2650589/middl │
│ e-east │
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2026-07-09
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│ Tehran targets Bahrain and Kuwait after │
│ U.S. strikes │
│ feature - NPR - independent/independent │
│ [IRN,JOR,KWT,BHR,QAT] │
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│ On July 9 Iran fired missiles/drones at │
│ Jordan's Azraq base and struck/targeted │
│ sites in Kuwait (Ali Al Salem), Bahrain │
│ (5th Fleet area) and Qatar (early-warning │
│ system) in retaliation for US strikes; the │
│ GCC and Saudi Arabia formally condemned the │
│ attacks. Fed the Saudi and Qatar conflict │
│ downgrades. │
│ │
│ https://www.npr.org/2026/07/08/g-s1-132460/ │
│ us-iran-attacks │
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2026-03-08
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│ Bahrain says water desalination plant │
│ damaged in Iranian drone attack │
│ medium - Al Jazeera - tilt/independent │
│ [BHR,IRN] │
│ │
│ Al Jazeera reported an Iranian drone strike │
│ damaged a Bahraini desalination plant and │
│ injured three people on March 8, 2026, a │
│ direct hit on Gulf drinking-water │
│ infrastructure rather than merely a │
│ threatened one, in a tit-for-tat exchange │
│ during the Iran war. │
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│ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/8/bah │
│ rain-says-water-desalination-plant-damaged- │
│ in-iranian-drone-attack │
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