Kuwait Airport Suffers Heavy Damage After Attack as US-Iran Conflict Deepens

One person was killed and several others were injured in attacks on Kuwait International Airport, while airport facilities sustained significant damage and flight operations were suspended, according to Kuwait's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation. Both agencies accused Iran of carrying out the attacks. The strikes on Kuwait came after the United States and Iran exchanged attacks overnight. The U.S. military stated that it had disabled an empty oil tanker heading toward Iran's Khark Island and later carried out strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island "in self-defense." The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed that Iran responded by launching missiles and drones at a U. S. vessel, the headquarters of the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, as well as a U. S. airbase and helicopters in a Middle Eastern country.