🔗 Share this article Iran Claims Assault on American Facility in Bahrain, As Part of Widespread Counterattacks. Plumes of black smoke were seen rising near an site close to the headquarters of the US Navy's Fifth Fleet. Iran's military claims to have hit a US naval base in Bahrain, as Iran launched missile attacks across the region in response for a "massive" and continuing assault against it by the US and Israel. Large columns of dark smoke were observed billowing from an area in the area of the headquarters of the US Navy's Fifth Fleet in Bahrain's capital, Manama. The extent of any damage is uncertain and the US has remained silent. Missile Defenses Activated Elsewhere across the region, the United Arab Emirates, the State of Qatar and the State of Kuwait - each hosting US military bases - said they have engaged and destroyed incoming projectiles in their airspace. In the Qatari capital, Qatar's defence ministry announced it had intercepted a number of projectiles seemingly aimed at the Al Udeid Air Base, the largest American base in the Middle East. Iran's Declared Retaliation Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said in a statement it was attacking American facilities and interests as part of operation "Truthful Promise 4", in reprisal for the attack on the Islamic Republic carried out by the US and Israel on Saturday morning. That preceding assault - executed at approximately 09:15 Iran time - has so far focused on locations linked to the Tehran's leadership, with President Trump encouraging the people of Iran to revolt against the regime. Additional Developments In Israel, air raid sirens sounded nationwide after the Israeli military said it had detected an incoming Iranian missile barrage. The Ministry of Defence of the United Arab Emirates said in a statement that the nation has been targeted by a "a blatant attack involving Iranian ballistic missiles". "Emirati air defenses responded to the projectiles with great effectiveness and destroyed a number of missiles," the statement continued. Officials reported debris landed in a neighborhood in the capital, resulting in some material damage and fatalities. The United States Air Force operates from the Al Dhafra base, to the south of the Emirati capital, along with the UAE Air Force.