Tehran reports attacking a American military facility in Manama, as Iran launched missile attacks across the region in retaliation for a large-scale and ongoing assault targeting the nation by the US and Israel.
Large columns of dark smoke were observed billowing from an vicinity in the area of the main base of the US Navy's Fifth Fleet in Manama, Bahrain. The scope of any impact is unclear and the American officials has remained silent.
Elsewhere across the region, the UAE, Qatar and Kuwait - all home to American military installations - said they have shot down missiles in their territorial skies.
In the Qatari capital, Qatar's defence ministry stated it had successfully engaged a number of projectiles apparently targeting the al-Udeid air base, the biggest US military installation in the Middle East.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard stated it was attacking American facilities and interests as part of operation "Truthful Promise 4", in response for the strikes on Iran launched by the United States and its ally Israel on Saturday.
That preceding assault - executed at approximately 09:15 Iran time - has so far focused on locations linked to the Iranian leadership, with President Trump encouraging the Iranian people to rise up against the regime.
In Israel, air raid sirens sounded across the country after the Israeli military stated it had detected an incoming Iranian missile barrage.
The Ministry of Defence of the UAE announced that the nation has been targeted by a "a blatant attack involving Iranian ballistic missiles".
"Emirati air defenses engaged the missiles with notable success and shot down a number of missiles," it added.
The statement noted missile fragments landed in a neighborhood in the capital, causing some property damage and killing a civilian.
The US Air Force operates from Al Dhafra Air Base, to the south of Abu Dhabi, along with the UAE Air Force.
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