Thick black smoke billowed from Kuwait International Airport after Iranian drones slammed into fuel storage tanks in what Kuwaiti authorities described as a “brazen attack,” the latest escalation in Tehran’s retaliatory campaign across the Gulf.
No casualties were reported, but emergency crews rushed to contain a massive blaze at the facility operated by the Kuwait Aviation Fueling Company. Abdullah al-Rajhi, spokesman for Kuwait’s General Directorate of Civil Aviation, confirmed the strikes targeted fuel tanks directly, causing “material damage with no human injuries.” He explicitly blamed “drones from Iran and the armed factions it supports.”
State media and Al Jazeera footage showed plumes of smoke rising over the airport as far back as Saturday, when earlier strikes also damaged radar systems and fuel storage. Officials say the airport has been hit repeatedly since the US-Israeli war on Iran erupted more than a month ago.
In the past 48 hours alone, similar Iranian strikes sparked fires at an undisclosed facility in Bahrain, damaged a Kuwaiti oil tanker at Dubai Port in the UAE, and sent shrapnel that killed a Bangladeshi worker in Fujairah.
This latest strike comes amid fierce fighting inside Iran, where US and Israeli forces continue air and missile operations. Tehran has vowed to make the Gulf pay for supporting Washington and Tel Aviv, turning the world’s most vital energy corridor into a daily battlefield.
As smoke still lingers over Kuwait’s skies, regional leaders are watching nervously. With the war now in its fifth week and no ceasefire in sight, the risk of further spillover into neutral Gulf states appears higher than ever.
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