Iran's strike on a desalination plant in Bahrain on Sunday marked a shift in the ongoing war, from attacks on assets that damage Gulf economies to ones that threaten the daily lives of ordinary citizens.
Bahrain's interior ministry said on Sunday that Iran had "randomly bombed civilian targets," causing damage at a desalination plant in a drone attack. The ministry said that operations at the unidentified facility were not disrupted.
The strike followed Iran's claim that the US had hit a desalination facility on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, disrupting water supply to 30 villages. The US military has not acknowledged the strike.
Neil Quilliam, associate fellow, Middle East and North Africa programme at Chatham House, told The National that the attack on
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