Iran launched a devastating overnight drone attack on Kuwait’s international airport, killing one person and causing widespread damage just days after it reopened following earlier attacks.
Officials in Kuwait confirmed that one person died and 63 others were injured — many seriously — in the barrage that forced the airport to suspend all commercial flights.
Videos posted on social media show the smoked-out airport smoldering and covered in debris after the Iranian strikes, which officials said targeted Kuwait International Airport’s Terminal 1, which is used by international airlines.
A “number of hostile drones” caused extensive damage at the airport, which had just reopened on Monday after closing in February due to previous Iran strikes, Kuwait Defense Ministry spokesperson Brig. Gen. Saud Abdulaziz Al-Otaibi said.
The injured included passengers and staff.
Kuwait’s Foreign Ministry said it would “neither accept nor tolerate” the attacks — and warned that it reserves the right to respond against Iran’s offensive.
The strikes came as Iranian outlets reported the country had stopped communicating with mediators about extending a ceasefire in the war with the US and Israel.
President Trump disputed that claim and insisted the talks, complicated by Israel’s expanding war in Lebanon with Iran-backed Hezbollah, were progressing.
Late Tuesday, the US military confirmed it had launched strikes on an Iranian military facility in retaliation for Iranian missiles fired at Kuwait and Bahrain.
Iran had fired two missiles at Kuwait that fell apart en route, while US and Bahraini forces intercepted missiles aimed at Bahrain, US officials said.
Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said it had targeted the headquarters of the US Navy’s 5th Fleet in Bahrain and another country in its attack, without naming Kuwait.
The attack was in response to the US firing a missile into the engine room of an oil tanker that was trying to reach Iran despite the US blockade.
“We had previously warned that in case of aggression, the response would be different and more severe, and we acted accordingly,” the Guard said in its statement.
Bahrain’s military had intercepted and destroyed three missiles and a number of drones fired by Iran at the Gulf island country, according to its Defense Ministry.
US Central Command said that Iranian drones targeting American forces in Kuwait “failed to impact intended targets tonight” and that US air defenses “successfully downed multiple drones and ensured no American personnel or assets were harmed.”
https://nypost.com/2026/06/03/world-news/iranian-drone-attack-hits-kuwait-airport-causing-injuries/
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