Middle East · Bahrain · Context / Analysis

🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Iran's attacks have exposed deep vulnerabilities at U.S. bases, including the CIA's Riyadh outpost which was ‘effectively destroyed’, and the Navy's top admiral said personnel will not return to Bahrain ‘anytime soon’, with some officials saying the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet Headquarters had been ‘pretty much decommissioned’