Despite President Donald Trump’s efforts to continue negotiations, Iran resumed unprovoked aerial attacks on Kuwait and Bahrain.
Iran unleashed a barrage of drones and ballistic missiles against U.S. military facilities and civilian targets in adjacent Arab states. “Gulf hostilities flared again on Wednesday as Iranian attacks on Kuwait killed one person, injured at least 63 and damaged the international airport,” Reuters reported. “In Bahrain, the army said it had intercepted three missiles and several drones, as Iran said it had attacked the headquarters of the U.S. Fifth Fleet in the country, as well as an airbase and helicopters in another, unspecified, regional state.”
U.S. air defense systems intercepted Iranian projectiles and struck missile launch sites near the Strait of Hormuz in defensive action. “U.S. forces successfully defeated multiple Iranian ballistic missiles and drones, and conducted self-defense strikes on Qeshm Island in response to attempted attacks by Iran across the Middle East,” Central Command announced Tuesday night.
U.S. armed forces in the region “remain vigilant and ready to defend against unwarranted Iranian aggression during the ongoing ceasefire,” CENTCOM assured.
One person was killed and dozens were injured when multiple Iranian drones struck Kuwait’s main airport. “Kuwait’s health ministry said Wednesday that ‘a full-scale health emergency was declared’ after at least 63 people were wounded by an Iranian drone and missile attack on the country,” CNBC News reported. “The Kuwaiti foreign ministry confirmed earlier that one person was killed in the Iranian attack.”
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) admitted carrying out the deadly strikes, the AP News reported:
[Kuwait’s] Defense Ministry spokesperson Brig. Gen. Saud Abdulaziz Al-Otaibi said “a number of hostile drones” targeted a passenger building at Kuwait International Airport, which had opened only Monday after a months-long closure because of the war, which began Feb. 28 with U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran.(…)Kuwait’s Defense Ministry said it destroyed over a dozen missiles and a similar number of drones from Iran. The Foreign Ministry said Kuwait will “neither accept nor tolerate” the attacks and reserves the right to respond. (…)Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard acknowledged that it targeted the headquarters of the 5th Fleet and U.S. military facilities in another country, but did not name Kuwait.
Following Iran’s lead, its Lebanese proxy terrorist group is targeting Israeli troops and civilians. “Hezbollah has confirmed it fired rockets on Israeli soldiers operating in northern Israel,” Sky News (UK) reported Wednesday. “They targeted the border community of Misgav Am and were intercepted by air defences, according to Israel Defence Forces.”
The attack comes after Israel agreed on Monday to reduce its air and ground operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon, following a request from President Trump. Meanwhile, Israeli and Lebanese officials have entered into direct talks in Washington.
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