Kuwait army says air defences intercepted missile, drone attacks

Kuwaiti security officers stand beneath a screen displaying portraits of the Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah (R) and the Kuwaiti crown prince Sheikh Sabah al-Khaled al-Hamad al-Sabah, alongside the words “Pride and Glory”, at Kuwait International Airport in Kuwait City on June 1, 2026, as the airport resumes operations following a phased reopening plan. The airport has resumed receiving and operating flights by Arab and international airlines under a phased reopening plan, following repair and upgrade works completed after the Iranian attacks on the Gulf state. During more than a month of war, Iran has responded to US and Israeli strikes that decapitated its leadership by launching drone and missile attacks across the Gulf. Iran has targeted US embassies, bases and assets but also airports, major oil and gas infrastructure as well as landmarks, ports, hotels and residential areas. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP)

Kuwait’s air defences intercepted missile and drone attacks yesterday, its military said, while Washington said it had downed two Iranian missiles targeting US forces in the country.

“The General Staff of the Army wishes to advise that any sounds of explosions heard are the result of air defence systems intercepting these hostile attacks,” the Kuwaiti army said in a post on X.

The country’s foreign ministry later said in a statement that it was “holding Iran fully responsible for these heinous attacks”.

The US military’s Central Command meanwhile said its forces “successfully intercepted two Iranian ballistic missiles targeting American forces based in Kuwait”.

“These missiles were immediately defeated and no American personnel were harmed”, it said in a post on X.

KUNA, the Kuwaiti state news agency, reported that air raid sirens sounded across the Gulf nation, which is a US ally. The attacks come despite a ceasefire in place between the United States and Iran.