MANAMA: People in Bahrain and Kuwait awoke on Wednesday to the now familiar sound of warning sirens and explosions in the distance, as Iranian strikes again dashed hopes of a return to normalcy.
The latest round of strikes pushed US President Donald Trump to declare the ceasefire was “over”, raising fears of renewed conflict in the Gulf, long seen as a safe haven.
As the two major powers fought, two small Gulf states paid the price.
“We want the situation to stabilise, we want our normal lives back. I run a business, and continued instability does me no good,” Adel Mohammed, a Bahraini man in his sixties told AFP.
“The fact that Bahrain continues to be subjected to Iranian attacks makes me angry, it´s completely unacceptable,” he said.
An AFP correspondent in Manama heard repeated explosions in the early hours of the morning, as air-raid sirens sounded three times.
The strikes on Kuwait and Bahrain came following attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz blamed on Iran that drew US retaliation against the country.
Iran said it targeted US assets in Kuwait and Bahrain, two countries that it has hit repeatedly during the Middle East war and despite a ceasefire.
