LONDON: Wars in the Middle East have long been measured in spikes to global oil prices, the sight of burning refineries, and missile trails crisscrossing over busy shipping lanes. Now, for the first time, it is also being measured at the tap. Early on March 8, Bahrain’s Interior Ministry said an Iranian drone struck a desalination plant near Muharraq, causing material damage and injuring three people, labeling it an indiscriminate civilian attack.

'Iranian aggression randomly bombs civilian targets', Bahrain says, adding three people were injured in latest raids.

The Iran war’s targets widened dangerously into civilian infrastructure as Bahrain accused Iran of striking one of the desalination plants that are crucial for Gulf nations’…