Iran Strikes Kuwait International Airport, Killing One and Wounding Dozens

Iran launched missile and drone attacks in the Persian Gulf on Wednesday, and Kuwait said the strikes heavily damaged a passenger terminal at Kuwait International Airport, killing one person and wounding dozens while the airfield was briefly closed.

“In short: Kuwait says an Iranian attack targeting its international airport has killed at least one person and injured more than 60 others”

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The NBC News report said one person was killed and 63 people were injured in Kuwait after missile and drone strikes including an attack on its international airport, and it said Kuwait’s Defense Ministry spokesman Col. Saud Abdulaziz Al-Atwan reported significant damage to Terminal 1.

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The Washington Post reported that Kuwait’s Defense Ministry said it destroyed over a dozen missiles and a similar number of drones from Iran, and it said the airport partially reopened later with Kuwait Airways flights resuming at a different terminal.

In the same exchange, the U.S. military said it shot down Iranian drones near the Strait of Hormuz and struck Iran’s Qeshm Island a day earlier, while Iran’s Foreign Ministry said the attacks violated the shaky ceasefire agreement between the two countries.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Iranian state TV that “there had been no progress in talks,” while the NBC News account said Trump insisted negotiations were ongoing after Iran signaled it may walk away.

Kuwait rejected Iranian allegations that U.S. strikes had been launched from its territory, and the Firstpost report said Kuwait summoned Iran’s charge d’affaires while Deputy Foreign Minister Hamad Suleiman Al-Mashaan issued “Kuwait’s categorical rejection of the use of its territory or airspace in any hostile acts against any country”.

The Washington Post reported that Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said it didn’t fire at the airport, instead claiming via state broadcaster IRIB that the terminal was damaged by a U.S.-made interceptor that failed to hit Iranian missiles, while U.S. Central Command called the claim false and said on X that Iranian drones made a “deliberate, calculated and unjustified attack” on the airport.

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In parallel, the NBC News account said Kuwait expelled two Iranian diplomats following the strikes, condemning the “flagrant violation” of its territorial integrity and the targeting of civilian infrastructure.

The Firstpost report also quoted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accusing Iran of “playing with fire” after attacks on Kuwait and Bahrain, warning Tehran to be mindful of the possibility of renewed military action.

Meanwhile, the DW report said Trump played down the renewed hostilities by telling reporters that “in that part of the world a ceasefire is when you’re shooting in a more moderate manner.”

The NBC News report framed the airport strike as another test of a fragile ceasefire and said the two sides offered mixed messages on the status of talks, with Abbas Araghchi warning that “Returning to negotiations will be conditional upon securing the rights of the Iranian people and bringing an end to the war against Iran, Lebanon and the region.”

“What you need to know - US military says it carried out strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island 'in response to attempted attacks by Iran' - Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards say they fired at US military installations in response to the US strikes on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz - The Guards claimed responsibility for an attack on Kuwait's international airport that killed one and injured at least 63 others - Despite the strikes, Donald Trump says talks with Iran are going 'very well' and that a deal could be sealed 'over the weekend' - Iran, however, says 'no tangible progress' has been made in negotiations with the US Tired of missing our real-time updates”

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The DW report said Iran insisted that the ceasefire agreement includes “all fronts, including in Lebanon,” while Trump said he wanted to separate talks on the conflict in Lebanon between Israel and Iranian-backed Hezbollah from those on the war between the United States and Iran.

The NBC News account added that Araghchi warned Israeli attacks in Beirut could jeopardize the ceasefire, quoting him: “The result of aggression against Beirut will be the return of war,” and it said Egypt, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Jordan and Lebanon condemned Iran’s attacks across the Gulf.

The Washington Post reported that the Revolutionary Guard acknowledged it targeted the headquarters of the 5th Fleet and U.S. military facilities in another country, and it said both the U.S. and Iran said they were retaliating for earlier attacks or attempted ones.

With the conflict widening, the DW report said Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon on Wednesday killed at least nine people, while Hezbollah said it attacked troops in northern Israel, underscoring how the Gulf escalation and Lebanon fighting remained linked in the sources’ accounts.