Iran says it targeted US radar in Bahrain with drones

Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Sunday, November 15, 2026, that it had launched six drones at a US air defence radar system at Riffa Air Base in Bahrain. An air defence radar is used to spot incoming aircraft and missiles. Al Jazeera reported the claim.

Bahrain's Interior Ministry issued an alert at about 4:30am local time (01:30 GMT) warning of a potential threat and urging residents to seek shelter. Bahrain's Defence Force said its air defence systems had thwarted several Iranian aerial attacks targeting Bahrain that day.

Riffa is in Bahrain, a small island state in the Gulf. Manama, the capital, is the base location of the US Navy's Fifth Fleet.

The November 15 claim was the second time in three days that the IRGC said it had targeted a US radar system in Bahrain. On Friday, November 13, the IRGC said it had destroyed a US early-warning radar system in Bahrain in retaliation for an air attack on a telecommunications tower in southern Iran. The IRGC did not say who carried out that attack.

US Central Command denied the Friday claim. It said it had shot down two IRGC drones, and that there were no injuries or damage.

The US military had not publicly responded to the November 15 claim at the time of publication.