On June 3, a significant escalation of hostilities occurred in the Persian Gulf: an armed attack by Iranian forces on Kuwait resulted in one death and at least 63 injuries. Kuwait International Airport, which had recently resumed operations, suffered extensive damage from a missile strike.
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Consequences of the Attack and Security Situation
According to reports from Kuwaiti authorities and official media, the Iranian missile strike and drone attack damaged the Terminal 1 building as well as diplomatic missions. The specific diplomatic missions affected have not been specified. It is known that among the injured are airport workers and passengers. As a result of the incident, flights at Kuwait International Airport were temporarily suspended. Later, the Civil Aviation Authority announced the resumption of Kuwait Airways flights from Terminal 4 after a preliminary assessment of the damage and the implementation of additional security measures.
According to Kuwaiti military information, 13 ballistic missiles and 17 drones were tracked and intercepted in the country’s airspace since dawn on Wednesday. However, missile debris fell in several residential areas, causing additional destruction. Iranian forces attacked both civilian and critically important infrastructure facilities.
“A fire broke out, a drone hit here.”
Regional Reaction and Economic Consequences
Meanwhile, U.S. military forces struck near the Strait of Hormuz. Despite the intensification of diplomatic efforts to end the war between Iran, the U.S., and Israel, no results have been achieved so far. In the wake of the attacks, oil prices surged by more than 2%, and the Strait of Hormuz remains closed to shipping. Iran also threatened to close the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, known as the “Strait of Tears,” which leads to the Suez Canal.
In neighboring Bahrain, the army reported intercepting three missiles and several drones. Iran, for its part, reported an attack on the headquarters of the U.S. Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, as well as on air bases and helicopters in another regional country.
U.S. military representatives noted that two Iranian missiles aimed at Kuwait did not reach their targets or were destroyed in flight, and several other ballistic missiles failed to hit objects in the region. There were also reports of an attack on a tanker heading to Iran and a radiation leak in Kuwait following the strikes.
Photos and videos published on social media demonstrate the scale of the destruction: in Terminal 1 of the airport, columns and the roof collapsed, and recordings capture reports of a fire caused by a drone strike.