Kuwait and Bahrain say Iran targeted them with drone and missile strikes

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Bahrain and Kuwait said Sunday that Iran targeted their nations with drone and missile fire overnight after new U.S. airstrikes hit Iran.

The new crossfire in the Persian Gulf further strains the initial deal that Iran and the United States struck in an effort to find a permanent end to the war.

Both Bahrain and Kuwait denounced the Iranian attacks, though it wasn’t clear what, if anything, had been hit.

The U.S. military’s Central Command said it struck Iranian military “surveillance infrastructure, communication systems, air defense sites, drone storage facilities and minelayer capabilities” following an attack on a ship at sea early Saturday morning.

That ship, the Panamanian-flagged tanker Kiku, was carrying crude oil for the state-run energy company of Qatar, a key mediator between Iran and the U.S.