Bahrain accuses Iran of damaging its desalination plant: What is its significance in Gulf amid Middle East conflict?
The island nation, home to the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet, Bahrain, on Sunday became the first Arab country to accuse Iran of a drone attack that resulted in “material damage” to a desalination plant during the nine-day conflict in the Middle East. “Iranian aggression indiscriminately attacked civilian targets and caused material damage to a water…