Vehicles drive past a monument depicting the clenched fist of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in the U.S. and Israel strike on Feb. 28, in Islamic Revolution Square in Tehran, Sunday, July 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)(AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Bahrain sounded its missile alert sirens Monday morning, warning of an Iranian retaliatory attack after U.S. airstrikes targeted the Islamic Republic.
The small island kingdom in the Persian Gulf, home to the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet, has been repeatedly attacked by Iran as an interim deal to end the war has collapsed.
An overturned car sits on a section of a destroyed bridge after a strike in Hormozgan province, southern Iran, Saturday, July 18, 2026. (Mahdi Negahban/Mehr News Agency via AP)(Mahdi Negahban/Mehr News Agency via AP)
