Iran claims strikes on US’s Fifth Fleet in Bahrain

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Iran’s IRGC said it has launched missile and drone attacks on the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, Al Jazeera reports.

It said the strikes set fire to fuel depots at the base and hit and destroyed a Patriot radar, as well as the fleet’s air control radar, a C-RAM early warning radar system and the control and monitoring centre for unmanned surface vessels.

“The retaliatory operation continues,” the statement added.

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