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2026-07-10 04:21:47 UTC
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Iranian attack damages Kuwait International Airport, kills one; US responds with strikes on Iranian site

alarabiyaapnews.comblueskydefensemagazine.comenglish.aawsat.comfrance24tasstribune.com.pk · 5 blocs · 29d ago

Kuwait detected and engaged 17 hostile drones in its airspace, and one person was killed in an Iranian attack targeting civilian facilities. Iranian drones damaged a passenger terminal at Kuwait International Airport. Kuwait’s defense ministry reported intercepting 13 hostile ballistic missiles since dawn, according to alarabiya. Debris from intercepted missiles fell in residential areas, as noted

Kuwait's defense ministry detected and engaged 17 hostile drones in Kuwaiti airspace. One person was killed in an Iranian attack targeting civilian facilities in Kuwait. Iranian drones damaged a passenger terminal at Kuwait International Airport. According to alarabiya, Kuwait's defense ministry also detected and engaged 13 hostile ballistic missiles since dawn, with debris from intercepted missiles falling in several residential areas. Tribune.com.pk reported that 63 people were wounded in the drone strike on the airport terminal. Kuwait’s foreign ministry condemned the attack as targeting vital and civilian infrastructure, according to tribune.com.pk. Kuwait’s military described the attack as an Iranian attack, per tribune.com.pk. Kuwait demanded that two Iranian embassy staff leave the country, according to alarabiya. The US military said Iran fired missiles at Kuwait and Bahrain that failed or were shot down, according to apnews.com. The US launched strikes on an Iranian facility in response to attacks on Kuwait and Bahrain, according to apnews.com. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said it had targeted a US base in response to US strikes on Iranian military sites, according to france24. The US said it had struck Iranian military sites at the weekend, according to france24. Kuwaiti air defense systems are confronting hostile aerial targets in accordance with approved operational procedures, according to tass. The Kuwaiti Armed Forces issued a statement on social media saying explosions heard by the public were caused by the air defense system intercepting 'enemy' attacks, according to bluesky. Satellite imagery and released footage indicate damage at Al-Udairi Air Base (Camp Buehring) in northern Kuwait, which is a major logistics and deployment center supporting operations across Western Asia, according to defensemagazine.com.

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