{"id":132071,"date":"2026-06-06T09:51:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T15:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/air-raid-sirens-in-bahrain-as-iranian-missiles-and-drones-head-for-gulf-neighbors\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T13:22:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T19:22:20","slug":"a-new-exchange-of-fire-with-iran-in-the-gulf-tests-the-fragile-ceasefire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/a-new-exchange-of-fire-with-iran-in-the-gulf-tests-the-fragile-ceasefire\/","title":{"rendered":"A new exchange of fire with Iran in the Gulf tests the fragile ceasefire"},"content":{"rendered":"

CAIRO (AP) \u2014 Iran<\/a> fired ballistic missiles and drones toward Bahrain and Kuwait early Saturday, Bahrain\u2019s government said, adding that they were intercepted. It called on Tehran to immediately cease attacks on Gulf neighbors that it deemed a \u201cserious escalation.”<\/p>\n

Iran’s foreign ministry said the U.S. early Saturday attacked surveillance facilities on Qeshm Island and near Sirik that it said were used to protect borders and \u201censure the security of navigation in international waters.” Tehran called the attack a violation of the fragile ceasefire.<\/p>\n

The latest exchange of fire came as the Trump administration pressed Iran<\/a> to make a deal<\/a> to end the war that has strained the global economy and threatened a hunger crisis<\/a> in some of the world’s most vulnerable countries.<\/p>\n

Iran said it targeted the U.S. military<\/strong><\/p>\n

The U.S. military earlier said it shot down several Iranian missiles and drones launched toward the Strait of Hormuz<\/a> and Gulf Arab allies, and struck some of the Islamic Republic\u2019s coastal surveillance radar sites in response.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe attack drones posed an immediate threat to regional maritime traffic,\u201d U.S. Central Command said on social media. It confirmed it hit radar sites, including an island in the strait, \u201cto defend against further attacks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard said it targeted the Ali Al Salem air base, which hosts U.S. forces in Kuwait, and the U.S. Navy\u2019s 5th Fleet in Bahrain, according to the state-run IRNA news agency. The U.S. military said there were no reports of harm to U.S. personnel.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the week, Iranian drones heavily damaged a passenger terminal<\/a> at Kuwait\u2019s main airport, killing one person and wounding dozens.<\/p>\n

The U.S. military kept up its blockade on Iranian ports in response to Tehran\u2019s chokehold on the crucial corridor for global oil and natural gas shipments, which has sent energy prices spiking and posed political problems<\/a> for President Donald Trump’s Republican Party ahead of midterm congressional elections.<\/p>\n

Trump promises a quick end to US-Iran conflict<\/strong><\/p>\n

Despite concerns that the ceasefire could collapse, Trump told reporters Friday that \u201cthe situation with Iran seems to be going quite well.\u201d He told an event that \u201cwe\u2019re going to come out of Iran very quickly and it\u2019s going to be very strong one way or the other, whether it\u2019s a piece of paper or the very tough way.”<\/p>\n

Trump increasingly appears to be boxed in<\/a> on the war. U.S. and Iranian negotiators reached a tentative agreement<\/a> a week ago to extend the ceasefire<\/a> by 60 days and start a new round of talks on Iran\u2019s nuclear program<\/a>. But Trump has called for unspecified changes and Iranian officials have shown no public sign of agreeing to the deal.<\/p>\n

Asked on Friday why it was taking so long, Trump told NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press\u201d it was because \u201cit\u2019s a very hard thing for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that the Iranians still have 21% to 22% of their missiles. One of the war’s stated aims was destroying Tehran’s missile program.<\/p>\n

The ongoing fighting in Lebanon<\/a>, where Israeli forces have seized large swaths of the south while saying it targets the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group, also challenges efforts to end the Iran war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has demanded that any lasting truce extend to Lebanon.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration has touted the latest ceasefire agreed<\/a> to earlier in the week by the Lebanese government and Israel after U.S.-brokered talks in Washington. However, Hezbollah has rejected the agreement.<\/p>\n

Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon on Saturday killed nine people including three members of the Lebanese military, the Lebanese army and state media said. Israel’s military said it was reviewing the incident and that it operates against Hezbollah and not the Lebanese army.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

Price reported from Bridgewater, New Jersey.<\/p>\n

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President Donald Trump arrives to speak to reporters aboard Air Force One en route from Joint Base Andrews, Md., to Eau Claire, Wis., Friday, June 5, 2026. (AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein)<\/span>(AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(AP) \u2014 Iran fired ballistic missiles and drones toward Bahrain and Kuwait early Saturday, Bahrain\u2019s government said, adding that they were intercepted. It called on Tehran to immediately cease attacks on Gulf neighbors that it deemed a \u201cserious escalation.” Iran’s foreign ministry said the U.S. early Saturday attacked surveillance facilities on Qeshm Island and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":132072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5734],"tags":[],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-132071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-associated-press"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132071"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132109,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132071\/revisions\/132109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132071"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=132071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}