Bahrain accused Iran of striking a desalination plant Sunday, raising fears that the expanding war in the Middle East will target civilian infrastructure critical to water supplies in the Gulf. Bahraini officials said the strike damaged a desalination facility that produces drinking water for the island nation. Desalination plants are vital to the Gulf region, where countries rely heavily on them to convert seawater into fresh water. The U.S. 5th Fleet is located in Bahrain, and several other attacks have hit hotels, ports, and residential towers and killed at least one person in the country.
Bahrain accused Iran of striking a desalination plant Sunday, raising fears that the expanding war in the Middle East will target civilian infrastructure critical to water supplies in the Gulf. Bahraini officials said the strike damaged a desalination facility that produces drinking water for the island nation. Desalination plants are vital to the Gulf region, where countries rely heavily on them to convert seawater into fresh water. The U.S. 5th Fleet is located in Bahrain, and several other attacks have hit hotels, ports, and residential towers and killed at least one person in the country.