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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
William Christou in Beirut, and agencies

Kuwait and Bahrain targeted by Iran after exchange of fire with US

Pedestrians cross a Tehran street beneath a billboard showing Ayatollah Khomeini and Ayatollah Khamenei with flags and crowds
Tehran, Iran, on 6 June. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they had targeted ‘enemy bases’ in the Gulf after the US strikes on Sirik and Qeshm Island. Photograph: Majid Asgaripour/Reuters

Bahrain has said Iran fired ballistic missiles and drones at it and Kuwait, hours after the US and Iran exchanged strikes over the Gulf, the latest in a series of flare-ups that threatened to break the fragile ceasefire.

Air raid sirens rang out on Saturday in Bahrain and people were told to move to a safe location and await further instructions. Kuwait’s military said it was intercepting drones and missiles launched at the country.

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