Air raid sirens sound in Bahrain as Iranian missiles and drones head for Gulf neighbours

Bahrain's regime said on sabbatum that persia fired ballistic missiles and drones toward it and kuwait city. The strange Affairs Ministry said they had been intercepted, and it called on Iran to immediately cease attacks on its Gulf neighbours.

Kuwait's Foreign Affairs Ministry called the attacks a "serious escalation" and a "flagrant violation of its sovereignty." It said on Saturday that it reserves the right to defend the country.

The statements came hours after the U.S. Military said it shot down Iranian ballistic missiles and drones launched toward the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf Arab allies on Friday, while striking some of the Islamic republic's coastal surveillance radar sites in response — an exchange of fire that further frayed a shaky ceasefire with Tehran.

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The exchange of strikes comes as the Trump administration ramps up pressure on Iran to make a deal to end the conflict.

U.S. Central Command said on social media on Friday night that Iran fired seven ballistic missiles toward Kuwait and Bahrain, with U.S. Forces intercepting six of the missiles and a seventh failing to reach its target. The military said there were no reports of harm to U.S. Personnel.

The ballistic missiles were fired after the U.S. Earlier in the day shot down four Iranian drones that were launched toward the Strait of Hormuz.

"The attack drones posed an immediate threat to regional maritime traffic," U.S. Central Command said on social media.

Kuwait's military said forces were intercepting missiles and drones attacking the country, while Bahrain activated air raid sirens and told residents to move to the nearest safe location and follow official instructions.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard said it targeted the Ali Al Salem air base, which hosts U.S. Forces in Kuwait, and the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet in the tiny Gulf island nation of Bahrain, according to the state-run IRNA news agency.

The U.S. Military is enforcing a blockade on Iranian ports in response to Tehran's chokehold on the crucial corridor for global oil and natural gas shipments, which has sent energy prices spiking and posed political problems for U.S. President Donald Trump's Republican Party ahead of the midterm congressional elections in November.

U.S. Central Command said it hit the radar sites, including an island in the strait, "to defend against further attacks."

It was the latest in back-and-forth attacks that have strained the tenuous ceasefire in the war and efforts to reach a deal to extend that truce. Earlier this week, Iranian drones heavily damaged a passenger terminal at Kuwait's main airport, killing one person, wounding dozens and briefly closing the airfield.

Despite the attacks raising new concerns that the ceasefire could collapse, Trump told reporters on Friday that "the situation with Iran seems to be going quite well."

Trump increasingly appears to be boxed in on a conflict that has settled into a holding pattern. U.S. And Iranian negotiators reached a tentative agreement a week ago to extend the ceasefire by 60 days and start a new round of talks on Iran's nuclear program. But Trump has called for unspecified changes, and Iranian officials have shown no public signs of signing off on the deal.

Asked on Friday why it was taking so long, Trump told NBC's Meet the Press that it was because "it's a very hard thing for them."

"There are things they never thought they'd be doing that they're going to have to do. They've got no choice, and it takes a little while," he said in the interview.

Trump said the Iranians still have 21 to 22 per cent of their missiles.

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