Bahrain confirms participation in US-led airstrikes

Bahrain Tuesday confirmed its warplanes joined those of other Gulf monarchies in bombing militant positions as part of a US-led coalition against extremists in Syria and Iraq, an official said.

"A formation of Bahrain Royal Air Force aircraft, joining brotherly air forces from the Gulf Cooperation Council and other friendly and allied forces... bombed and destroyed" militant positions, the defence official said.

The move comes as "part of international efforts to protect regional security and peace", said the official, quoted by the state news agency BNA.