Bahrain says it broke up militant attack plot in early 2020

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Bahrain says it broke up a plot by militants backed by Iran earlier this year to launch attacks on diplomats and foreigners in the island nation home to the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet. The announcement Monday came hours after Saudi state television and a Bahraini local newspaper implied the plot was new in their reporting. It also comes just days after the island kingdom normalized relations with Israel. Iran’s mission to the U.N. dismissed Bahrain