Kuwait intercepts Iranian missiles and drones targeting vital facilities

Kuwait's air defenses successfully intercepted a new wave of Iranian ballistic missiles and hostile drones early Saturday. The attacks targeted military, security, and vital civilian facilities, including oil, electricity, and water installations, resulting in fires, damage, and injuries.

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Kuwait’s air defenses intercepted a new wave of Iranian ballistic missiles and hostile drones early Saturday as attacks targeted military, security and vital civilian facilities, including oil, electricity and water installations, causing fires, damage and injuries.

Colonel Saud Al-Atwan, spokesman for the Ministry of Defense, confirmed that Kuwait Armed Forces detected the threats within Kuwaiti airspace and intercepted them. He stated that Iranian attacks hit strategic facilities, causing extensive material damage and igniting fires. Firefighting and emergency response operations led to injuries among firefighters and oil sector workers, who received medical treatment. Fragments from the intercepted missiles and drones fell in residential areas, causing property damage but no reported fatalities.

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The concerned authorities immediately launched firefighting and emergency response operations, during which several firefighters and oil sector workers were injured while carrying out their duties.

Al-Atwan assured the public that the Kuwait Armed Forces are fully prepared and coordinating with government agencies to protect the country's sovereignty, security, and stability. Earlier on Friday dawn, Kuwaiti air defenses had also intercepted ballistic missiles and drones targeting Kuwait Army facilities and camps, resulting in injuries to soldiers on duty.

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned the renewed Iranian attacks, particularly the targeting of another power and water desalination facility.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned the renewed Iranian attacks, particularly the targeting of a power and water desalination facility. It described the repeated strikes against vital infrastructure as a "systematic and aggressive approach" that violates international law and endangers lives. Kuwait held Iran fully responsible for the aggression and demanded an immediate cessation of the attacks, reaffirming its right to take necessary measures to protect its security and facilities.

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It described the attacks as a blatant violation of international law, the United Nations Charter and Security Council Resolution No. 2817.