US ally Kuwait condemns 'brutal and ongoing Iranian attacks' after airport was hit

Kuwait decried Iranian attacks successful a connection issued by its overseas affairs ministry, saying that the Kuwait International Airport had been targeted.

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses the State of Kuwait's condemnation and denunciation, successful the strongest terms, of the brutal and ongoing Iranian attacks utilizing ballistic missiles and drones, the latest of which occurred astatine dawn today, targeting erstwhile again civilian and captious facilities, including Kuwait International Airport, resulting successful the decease of 1 individual, injuries to others, and harm to captious facilities, including diplomatic missions," portion of the connection declared, according to a translation of the Arabic-language station connected X.

Kuwait's Ministry of Defense spokesperson had indicated that a gathering astatine Kuwait International Airport was damaged and radical were injured, according to a station connected X by the authoritative relationship of Kuwait Army wide unit headquarters.

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People are seen astatine Kuwait International Airport successful Kuwait City, Kuwait, connected June 1, 2026. (Jaber Abdulkhaleq/Anadolu via Getty Images)

"The Official Spokesman for the Ministry of Defense, Brigadier General Saud Abdulaziz Al-Otaibi, stated that a fig of hostile drones targeted contiguous the rider gathering (T1) astatine Kuwait International Airport arsenic a effect of the transgression Iranian aggression, which resulted successful important worldly harm to the gathering and injuries to a fig of individuals, who received the indispensable aesculapian care," according to a translation of the Arabic-language post.

"He affirmed that the equipped forces are monitoring the concern successful coordination with the applicable authorities, and they are successful a authorities of implicit readiness to woody with immoderate developments, and to instrumentality each indispensable measures to sphere the information of the state and its stability," the station added.

The Iranian hostilities travel much than 3 months since the commencement of the U.S. warfare against the Islamic Republic.

In a Tuesday statement, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) indicated that America had engaged successful "self-defense strikes" against Iran.

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Imam Sadiq (AS) mosque with a elephantine Iranian emblem installed connected its beforehand astatine the Palestine Square successful Tehran connected April 19, 2026. (ATTA KENARE / AFP via Getty Images)

"U.S. forces successfully defeated aggregate Iranian ballistic missiles and drones, and conducted self-defense strikes connected Qeshm Island successful effect to attempted attacks by Iran crossed the Middle East, June 2. Iran launched respective ballistic missiles toward determination neighbors; however, each failed to deed their intended targets. Two Iranian missiles fired astatine Kuwait fell abbreviated oregon broke isolated enroute, and 3 missiles launched astatine Bahrain were instantly intercepted by U.S. and Bahrain aerial defence forces," the merchandise noted.

"Moments earlier, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces changeable down 3 one-way onslaught drones launched by Iran toward civilian mariners that were rightfully transiting determination waters. American forces besides conducted self-defense strikes connected an Iranian subject crushed power presumption connected Qeshm Island. No U.S. unit were harmed. CENTCOM forces stay vigilant and acceptable to support against unwarranted Iranian aggression during the ongoing ceasefire," the connection added.

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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth listens arsenic Adm. Brad Cooper, commandant of U.S. Central Command, speaks during a property briefing astatine the Pentagon connected April 16, 2026, successful Arlington, Va. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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CENTCOM noted successful a station connected X that, "An further question of Iranian drones attempting to onslaught U.S. forces successful Kuwait failed to interaction intended targets tonight. U.S. Central Command aerial defenses successfully downed aggregate drones and ensured nary American unit oregon assets were harmed."