Bahrain's civil air navigation infrastructure came under hostile drone attack during Iran's assault on the kingdom, but air operations remain unaffected, said a report, citing senior officials. All flights, including those transiting the Bahrain Flight Information Region, continue to operate normally, they added.
Iran and the US concluded a round of indirect talks on Wednesday with no sign they had made headway toward a lasting peace, focusing instead on issues that they said had been resolved when an interim deal was announced two weeks ago. Sources said negotiators spent two days in Doha discussing maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.
The US said it had completed an eighth straight night of attacks against Iran after earlier announcing that two US military personnel were killed in Jordan and another was missing following an Iranian attack. In retaliation, Iran's military launched a drone attack targeting US military assets, sauid media reports.
Iran launched renewed attacks on US Gulf allies on Saturday after the United States completed a seventh consecutive night of strikes targeting Iranian military infrastructure, marking a sharp escalation one week after a fragile ceasefire collapsed, said media reports.
The General Command of the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) said that its air defence systems successfully intercepted and destroyed several treacherous Iranian aerial attacks on Friday.
The United States intensified its military campaign against Iran on Tuesday, reimposing a naval blockade of Iranian ports, launching another wave of strikes on military targets and warning of attacks on key infrastructure unless Tehran returns to negotiations.
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday abandoned a proposal to impose a 20% transit fee on cargo shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, saying Washington would instead pursue trade and investment agreements with Gulf states amid escalating tensions with Iran.
Oil prices surged on Tuesday, with Brent crude climbing above $85 a barrel for the first time in a month, as Iran's missile strike on two oil tankers and the United States' decision to reinstate a sweeping naval blockade of Iranian ports intensified a confrontation for control of the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
Oil prices jumped sharply at the start of Asian trading on Monday after the United States launched a second consecutive night of strikes on Iranian military targets and Tehran retaliated with fresh attacks, heightening fears of disruption to crude shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, the world's most important oil transit chokepoint.
The Gulf faced a fresh escalation on Monday as US President Donald Trump announced the immediate reinstatement of a blockade targeting Iranian shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and proposed a 20 per cent charge on all cargo transiting the strategic waterway, intensifying a growing war of nerves between Washington and Tehran over one of the world's most critical energy chokepoints.
