Air raid sirens in Bahrain as Iranian missiles and drones head for Gulf neighbors

CAIRO — Bahrain’s government said Saturday that Iran fired ballistic missiles and drones toward it and Kuwait.

CAIRO — Bahrain’s government said Saturday that Iran fired ballistic missiles and drones toward it and Kuwait. The foreign ministry said they had been intercepted and called on Iran to immediately cease attacks on its Gulf neighbors.

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Kuwait’s foreign ministry called the attacks a “serious escalation” and a “flagrant violation of its sovereignty.” It said on Saturday that it reserves the right to defend the country.

The statements came hours after the U.S. military said it shot down Iranian ballistic missiles and drones launched toward the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf Arab allies on Friday, while striking some of the Islamic Republic’s coastal surveillance radar sites in response, an exchange of fire that further frayed a shaky ceasefire with Tehran.