India, Feb. 28 -- Several residential buildings and US bases in Bahrain were targetted in fresh drone attacks even as the tensions in the Middle East continue to escalate following US-Iran conflict.

The Bahrain Interior Ministry late on Saturday said several residential buildings in Bahrain capital were hit. Though Iran has vowed retaliatory strikes against US targets in the region, it has not yet confirmed the attack on Bahrain.

"There are sirens blazing around. We have taken shelter inside the buildings. The (aerial) attacks have been mostly constrained around the airport and the US base. My son, who lives in the other part of the city, has been hearing the blasts and is trapped," Shamshul, an Indian resident, who lives in Bahrain, to...