Bahrain has intercepted 466 drones, 188 missiles from Iran since start of war

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Bahrain’s Defence Force says it has intercepted 466 drones and 188 missiles coming from Iran since the start of the war, Al Jazeera reports.

Just today, fire broke out at one of the country’s Gulf Petrochemical Industries Co’s operational units as well as at an oil tank at one of the state-owned company Bapco Energies’ storage facilities due to two separate attacks. Both fires were extinguished.

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