Bahrain announces having been targeted by several Iranian drones
The small state of Bahrain announced on Saturday June 27 that it had been targeted by Iranian drones. Bahrain is home to the main US naval base in the Gulf, NSA Bahrain, which serves as headquarters for the 5th Fleet – the US fleet responsible for monitoring the Persian Gulf, Red Sea and Indian Ocean, the routes through which approximately 20% of the world’s oil passes by sea.
With nearly 8,500 military and civilian personnel, it is a major strategic hub for aircraft carrier group coordination, maritime surveillance and U.S. special operations.
Lebanon: Hezbollah supporters demonstrate in Beirut against the agreement with Israel
Supporters of the pro-Iranian Shiite movement Hezbollah demonstrated overnight from Friday to Saturday in the streets of Beirut against the framework agreement concluded between Lebanon, Israel and the United States, according to the Lebanese Information Agency (ANI) and AFP journalists on site.
According to ANI, an official agency, “Hezbollah supporters roamed the streets of Beirut on motorbikes”, particularly in the central neighborhoods near Parliament and along a road leading to the airport, and blocked at least one road with burning tires.
Iran denounces “blatant violation” of agreement after US strikes
The start of a new gear? Iran estimated on Saturday June 27 that the American strikes the day before against its territory, on the southern coast of the country, constituted a “flagrant violation” of the memorandum of understanding concluded with the United States aimed at ending the war in the Middle East.
The Revolutionary Guards, Tehran’s ideological army, announced on Saturday that they had attacked American positions in the Gulf region, in retaliation for American strikes in Iran. “If the aggression is repeated, our response will be broader than that,” they warned.
The US military said it struck targets in Iran in response to an attack on a commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz that it blamed on Tehran. Friday June 26, Donald Trump denounced a “stupid violation” of the ceasefire in force with Iran.
The United States and Iran signed the memorandum of understanding on Wednesday June 17 to end the war in the Middle East, first providing for a 60-day ceasefire. The control and evacuation of ships stuck in the maritime Strait of Hormuz remains at the heart of the battle between the two countries.
