Overview
- Bahrain’s Interior Ministry reported an Iranian drone struck a desalination facility in Manama on Sunday, accusing Tehran of targeting civilians.
- The Electricity and Water Authority said the damage did not disrupt water or electricity service to residents.
- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi described the attack as retaliation for a U.S. strike Iran says hit a desalination plant on Qeshm Island, a claim the U.S. has not confirmed.
- Bahrain also reported three injuries and damage to buildings in Muharraq from falling missile debris the same day.
- The incident heightens worries about a widening campaign against vital water infrastructure in a region where desalination supplies large shares of drinking water, including roughly 90% in Kuwait, 86% in Oman, 70% in Saudi Arabia, and 42% in the UAE.