The Strategic Vulnerability of Desalination Infrastructure in the Persian Gulf (warontherocks.com)

• Desalination plants targeted in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Qeshm Island.
• Water security emerges as a central point of strategic conflict.
• Increased risk of humanitarian crisis due to infrastructure targeting.

"The ongoing conflict with Iran has shifted attention to the vulnerability of critical desalination facilities across the Persian Gulf. Reports of damage to plants in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Iran highlight the potential for water supply to be weaponized during military engagements. Because regional stability relies heavily on these energy-intensive facilities, their destruction poses severe humanitarian risks and threatens to exacerbate regional conflict through the denial of essential resources."