Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says it destroyed a US radar in Bahrain, and other Mideast news

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said it destroyed a U.S. early warning radar in Bahrain, the first such claim in months. The Guard also said a tanker struck a mine while trying to sail through the Strait of Hormuz, causing an explosion. Neither claim could be independently verified. Here is the latest news from the Middle East on Friday. Read our full coverage here. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard claims strike on US radar in Bahrain Iran’s official IRNA news agency quoted a statement by the Guard as saying the attack on the U.S. radar system followed a U.S. strike on a telecommunications pole in the southern Iranian port of Sirik. Bahrain has been one of the strongest critics of Iran and is home to the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet. The statement said the attack on the radar was a serious warning to the U.S. to cease its strikes. It was Iran’s first report of targeting a facility in Bahrain since September. During an air war that began in February, Iran targeted U.S.

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