🔗 Share this article Iranian Forces State Assault on US Base in the Kingdom of Bahrain, As Part of Regional Counterattacks. Thick black smoke was observed billowing over an site close to the headquarters of the American Fifth Fleet. Tehran reports attacking a US naval base in Bahrain, as Iran launched strikes across the region in retaliation for a large-scale and ongoing offensive against it by the US and Israel. Large columns of dark smoke were observed billowing from an vicinity near the main base of the US Navy's Fifth Fleet in Manama, Bahrain. The full scale of any impact is not yet known and the American officials has not commented. Regional Interceptions Elsewhere across the region, the UAE, the State of Qatar and the State of Kuwait - each hosting American military installations - stated they have intercepted incoming projectiles in their air space. In the Qatari capital, the Qatari Ministry of Defence said 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) declared it was attacking American facilities and interests as part of operation "Truthful Promise 4", in response for the attack on Iran carried out by the United States and its ally Israel on Saturday. That initial attack - launched at approximately 09:15 Iran time - has so far targeted locations associated with the Iranian leadership, with President Trump calling on the Iranian people to revolt against the leadership. Wider Impacts In the State of Israel, air raid sirens sounded nationwide after the Israel Defense Forces stated it had detected an incoming Iranian missile barrage. The defence ministry of the UAE said in a statement that the nation has been targeted by a "a blatant attack involving Iranian ballistic missiles". "UAE air defence systems dealt with the projectiles with high efficiency and destroyed a number of missiles," it added. The statement noted missile fragments landed in a populated district in Abu Dhabi, resulting in some property damage and killing a civilian. The US Air Force is stationed at the Al Dhafra base, to the south of the Emirati capital, along with the Emirati Air Force.