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Iran Says It Struck U.S. Radar Site in Bahrain, Al Jazeera Reports
By Maya Wilson
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it struck a U.S. radar site in Bahrain, according to reporting by Al Jazeera on Friday, November 13.
The claim was attributed by Al Jazeera to the IRGC. The report did not establish independently whether the radar site was hit or provide further details about the circumstances of the alleged strike.
No casualties were reported in Al Jazeera’s account. Neither the United States nor Bahrain had publicly confirmed the IRGC’s claim in the reporting.
The allegation comes amid heightened tensions between Iran and the United States and reports of a possible pause in further attacks. Earlier this week, President Donald Trump said Gulf countries had asked him to hold off on additional attacks against Iran, according to Al Jazeera’s earlier reporting.
No formal ceasefire had been announced, and Iran had not publicly responded to the reported request at the time of that earlier coverage.
Al Jazeera’s latest report does not establish whether the alleged strike occurred or whether it affected the U.S. radar installation. The account remains an assertion by Iran’s IRGC, without public confirmation from either Washington or Bahrain in the reporting.
Update: Reuters, in reporting carried by Al-Monitor, also reported the IRGC’s claim that it targeted a U.S. early-warning radar in Bahrain. The claim itself remains unconfirmed by the United States or Bahrain.
Update, November 13: The U.S. military has denied Iran’s claim to have attacked a U.S. early-warning radar in Bahrain, saying its forces shot down two one-way attack drones launched by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps toward Bahrain, with no harm caused. (Reuters, via Al-Monitor)
Maya Wilson
World Desk, The Library Media
Update: Anadolu Agency reported later that Iran claims it destroyed the U.S. early-warning radar in Bahrain — stronger wording than the “struck” carried in the first reports. The claim remains Iran’s alone: neither the United States nor Bahrain has confirmed any strike or damage.
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