Blasts were captured on video as Iran retaliated with attacks on a U.S. Navy base in Bahrain, according to reports.

Iran launched missiles on Saturday, escalating regional conflict following U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iranian targets.

Iranian missiles and drones struck the headquarters of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and residential buildings elsewhere in the island nation, as retaliatory attacks that began midday Saturday continued into early Sunday.

Iran has targeted the US Navy base in Bahrain, highlighting gaps in air defences, which could worry Washington and its allies in the region.

When the drones came, “they sounded like lawnmowers or mopeds, and so loud it was like they were right outside,” an American connected to the U.S. military base in Bahrain told Defense One. “It sounded relentless.”

People in nearly a dozen countries across the Middle East fled fire and death and were forced to cower in shelters for hours Saturday as Iran retaliated against “Operation Epic Fury” by attacking civilian and military targets.

The US Embassy in Bahrain urged citizens to shelter in place while citing media reports of threats of missiles and drones over Bahraini airspace. Iran hit an empty quarter of a US military base in

Hours after Iranian drones damaged U.S. Navy facilities in Manama, Bahrain, U.S. Navy Central Command told all servicemembers and contractors who live and work in and around the base that the area is no longer safe and they will receive money to stay in a hotel elsewhere.

Video shows thick smoke rising above the Bahraini capital, Manama, amid reports of additional Iranian strikes. The fire was reportedly coming from the naval base used by U.S. military forces, which is home to the U.

Residents across Bahrain woke up to the sound of massive explosions and air raid sirens echoing through the night. Missiles. Drones. Interceptors lighting up the sky.rnAnd smoke rising over the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet headquarters.