⁍ Interior ministry investigations showed a new terrorist group called the ‘Qassem Soleimani Brigade’ was planning to attack several public and security structures in Bahrain.

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⁍ The group also tracked several personal guards of ‘important personalities’ in Bahrain as part of a plot to assassinate them, local newspaper Akhbar al-Khaleej said.

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⁍ The attacks were planned to avenge the killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in January by a U.S. drone strike.

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– Bahrain says it has foiled a “terrorist attack” backed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Reuters reports. According to Bahrain’s interior ministry, a new terrorist group called the “Qassem Soleimani Brigade” was planning to attack “public and security structures” in the country, including the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet, local media reported. The plot was reportedly to avenge the killing of an Iranian general by a US drone strike earlier this year. Bahrain says 18 of the group’s members are now in Iran, and a case is being prepared against them.