Bahrain protests drone strikes amid Gulf tensions over pro-Iranian groups

Bahrain has formally summoned the Iraqi charge d’affaires, Ahmed Ismail al-Karawi, to protest ongoing drone attacks allegedly launched by pro-Iranian armed groups from Iraq. This diplomatic escalation comes as the Gulf region struggles with intensified cross-border assaults targeting Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and other regional players despite a recently brokered Iran-US ceasefire. Bahrain’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned these “malicious drone attacks,” delivering an official protest note d