This morning, Iranian forces hit the headquarters for Batelco in Bahrain, a major telecommunications company which hosts several Amazon Web Services (AWS) server farms at this location. Fuel tanks at Kuwait International Airport were also hit…

…Separately, multiple munition impacts were reported in Bahrain though the details of these strikes remain less certain than in Kuwait. Some reports claim that Sakhir Air Base was hit, however this is not confirmed at this…

…To show how this happened, let's go back in time to the early phases of the war when the US pulled out of bases like the fifth fleet headquarters in Bahrain and Aludit air base…

…In Bahrain, what is now the former headquarters for the US Navy's Fifth Fleet in Manama has been more or less completely destroyed. In the early days of the war, right after the missiles started…

…The use of Diego Garcia as a staging zone implies that the traditional staging sites (Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, etc) probably do not want to be diplomatically involved in what is about to take place. The remote…

…In Bahrain, hotels and other sites continue to be targeted by Iranian drones, in addition to oil infrastructure throughout the island nation which has been targeted several times since the start of this conflict. -----END TEARLINE…

…Several other more strategic radar sites and communication centers were also hit, and the American bases in Bahrain and Kuwait have been hit pretty hard over the past few days. As of this morning, Iranian President…

…Reports have emerged indicating that the US Navy base in Bahrain is at an increased defensive posture, and that non-essential staffers and their families are currently being evacuated from the American Embassies in Baghdad, Kuwait…

…of the petrochemicals on planet Earth, and the majority of this industrial zone is still on fire. Bahrain: Vehicle traffic across the King Fahd bridge was suspended due to an expected counterattack from Iran, however after…

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