The claim that the Trump administration abandoned 1,500 service members and their families in Bahrain in early 2026, allowing them to leave only with backpacks, is unproven. The rumor stems from NPR ...

Smoke rises following a strike on the Bapco Oil Refinery, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, on Sitra Island Bahrain, March 9, 2026. (Reuters) An American-operated Patriot air defense battery ...

Iran has warned hotels in Bahrain and the UAE that hosting US military personnel could make them military targets, as Tehran ...

A U.S. Navy spokesperson said it relocated "almost 1,500 service members and families and several hundred pets" from Bahrain to the U.S.