Ubukhosi obuncane beGulf of Bahrain isingethe umhlangano wezokuphepha olwandle waseGulf, kulandela ukuhlaselwa kwemikhumbi ngendlela yamasu I-Strait yaseHormuz. I-Bahrain, ebuye isingathe i-US Fifth Fleet, ithe le ngqungquthela ibibanjelwe "ukuzodingida isimo samanje sesifunda kanye nokuqinisa ukubambisana."
Iphinde yagxeka "ukuhlasela okuphindaphindiwe nemikhuba engamukelekile yase-Iran," kubika iReuters.
UManama akacacisanga ukuthi ngobani abebehambele ingqungquthela ebingoLwesithathu. I-Guardian yayibike ngosuku olwedlule ukuthi i-UK ibibize umhlangano eBahrain namanye amazwe ase-Europe kanye ne-US.
Phambilini ngoLwesithathu, umholi ophakeme wase-Iran u-Ayatollah Ali Khamenei uthe "intando yabantu izoba namandla" e-Bahrain, ngemuva kwemibhikisho eyayilandela ukubulawa kwezishoshovu ezimbili zama-Muslim Shiite eBahrain ngempelasonto.
