A lot of projectiles have been flying across the Persian Gulf recently, despite the U.S.-Iran agreement to extend their ceasefire and negotiate a lasting peace.
On Saturday, Iran launched drones at Bahrain, which is home to a U.S. Navy base. The Islamic republic was also likely responsible for an attack on a commercial ship.
That came a day after U.S. Central Command said it struck Iranian missile and drone locations as well as coastal radar sites in response to earlier attacks on ships trying to cross the Strait of Hormuz.
It was the latest attempt by Tehran to scare away vessels that are not using the regime-approved route through the narrow waterway that’s critical to the global energy market and is Iran’s main source of leverage.
Meanwhile, the U.S. previously carved out an alternate path that runs along Oman’s coast and said Saturday that it’s been expanded to accommodate inbound and outbound traffic, making it more appealing as supplies that had been bottled up in the Gulf during the war need to get out.
