Kuwait is a sovereign state in Western Asia, located at the northern tip of the Persian Gulf. Known for hosting major U.S. military installations, significant oil exports, and a historically cautious foreign policy balancing Western alliances with Gulf Arab consensus. Recently, Kuwait has sustained repeated Iranian missile and drone strikes on military bases, energy infrastructure, and civilian facilities amid active engagement in Gulf-wide air defense efforts. Last updated 4 days ago
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Satellite imagery shows a damaged helicopter maintenance hangar at Camp Buehring in Kuwait, a US Army staging hub near the Iraqi border. The damage traces to Iranian strikes during the war.
Iranian FM spokesman Baqaei: Kuwait has denied consular access to four detained Iranian citizens and shut the country's only Iranian school, calling the moves "strange" and "political."
Amichai Stein: "Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has attacked a U.S. military base in Kuwait, a source familiar with the details confirmed to Jerusalem Post. The attack was carried out using at least 3 drones."
Kuwait downed hostile drones over its airspace early today and blamed Iran. A government facility and civilian vehicles on Bubiyan Island were damaged. No injuries. Military on high alert.
Kuwait's Chief of Staff met in Saudi Arabia with the Defence Coalition for preserving freedom of navigation in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, according to the state news agency.
This morning, an attack on the U.S. air base at Ali Al Salem set fire to and destroyed two drone hangars and one fuel storage tank used for military aircraft and helicopters.
The Muslim people of Kuwait should know that the punishment of the aggressor will continue until the plundering of Muslims' wealth and national resources ends and the American occupiers and looters are expelled from the region.
Kuwait has absorbed the most Iranian fire of any Gulf state in the current round, with civilian infrastructure hit alongside U.S.-linked bases -- power plants, desalination facilities, and oil sites.
A Kuwaiti official close to the governm...
Kuwait has absorbed the most Iranian fire of any Gulf state in the current round, with civilian infrastructure hit alongside U.S.-linked bases -- power plants, desalination facilities, and oil sites.
A Kuwaiti official close to the government tells Kan News the country is being singled out for refusing to open back channels with the IRGC and rejecting its demands, including the release of Revolutionary Guards officers captured at sea in May while trying to infiltrate for terror operations.
NEW: Kuwait has approved a defense cooperation agreement with Pakistan, formalizing a pact signed in 2023.
The agreement covers military training, logistics, intelligence sharing, exchanges of personnel and experts, and defense technology cooperation. A joint military committee will oversee implementation through annual meetings. It does not include mutual defense guarantees.
NEW: The WSJ reports that Bahrain and Kuwait secretly sent jets to strike sites inside Iran, their first direct retaliation against Tehran. The jets hit drone and missile storage depots. The UAE provided intelligence and defensive air cover for the operation.
Iranian Army: In the 25th phase of "Operation Sa'eqah," Arash suicide drones targeted U.S. equipment storage at Al-Udeid Base, the deployment site at Camp Doha, and U.S. forces at Camp Arifjan in Kuwait. Tehran says its intensive drone and missile operations will continue.
