Kuwait airport is target of Iranian attacks and suspends operations
An attack with Iranian drones and missiles hit Kuwait's international airport in the early hours of Wednesday (3), leaving people injured and forcing authorities to divert and cancel flights.
According to the official spokesman for the Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense, Colonel Saud Abdulaziz Al-Otaibi, speaking on X, the attack caused "serious damage" to the airport's Terminal 1 building.
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"The official spokesperson for the Ministry of Defense, Colonel Saud Abdulaziz Al-Otaibi, stated that several enemy drones today targeted the passenger building (T1) of Kuwait International Airport as a result of criminal Iranian aggression, which resulted in serious material damage to the building and injuries to several people, who received the necessary medical care," the publication says.
According to the Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense, "armed forces are monitoring the situation in coordination with relevant entities, and are in a state of full readiness to deal with any developments, and adopt all necessary measures to preserve the country's security and stability."
Previously, the United States military said that two Iranian missiles fired at Kuwait either failed to hit their target or disintegrated en route, and that three missiles fired at Bahrain were intercepted by American and Bahraini forces.
US Central Command added that Iran launched ballistic missiles toward neighboring countries in the region, but all failed to hit their targets.
American forces carried out strikes on the island of Qeshm in response to attempted attacks by Iran and defeated several Iranian ballistic missiles and drones.
Remember how the war in Iran began
On February 28, United States President Donald Trump announced a "large-scale" attack on Iran, stating that the country's main objective was to "defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime."
These threats, he said, included Tehran's nuclear program - a recurring point of friction that has also hampered more recent negotiations to end the fighting.
The joint attacks by the US and Israel against Iran - which resulted in the death of the then supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei - caused thousands of deaths across the country and damage to dozens of museums, historic buildings and cultural sites, according to Iranian media outlets and authorities.
In response, Iran launched a series of retaliatory attacks across the Middle East and effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway through which about 20% of the world's oil passes.
Weeks before the start of the war, the Trump administration carried out the largest military buildup in the Middle East since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, triggering warnings about escalating regional violence if a conflict erupted.
At the same time, US envoys held regular talks with Iran about a possible new nuclear deal. But those negotiations were unable to avert military action, with Trump accusing Iran at the time of rejecting "all opportunities to renounce its nuclear ambitions."
The outbreak of war in February also followed mass anti-regime protests in Iran the previous month, fueled by economic discontent amid skyrocketing costs.
*with information from Reuters
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