Kuwait announced Friday that its Armed Forces intercepted and destroyed multiple hostile drones in its airspace since this morning. No details on the number of drones, their origin, or any damage or casualties were provided.
Kuwait announced Friday afternoon that its Armed Forces intercepted and destroyed multiple hostile drones in its airspace throughout the morning. The statement came hours after Iran claimed to have struck US bases in Kuwait with drones — a claim that remained unverified at the time.
At 08:57 Jerusalem, Iran's military claimed it attacked American bases in Kuwait with drones, according to a regional intelligence channel. The claim escalated through successive statements from the same source: initially a general assertion, then attribution to the regular Iranian Army (Artesh) with a division of labor from the IRGC, and finally specific targeting of the Ahmed al-Jaber base's airstrip, satellite communications, and equipment warehouses. All versions, published simultaneously by The Zioneer, remained unverified by independent sources and received no official confirmation from US or Kuwaiti authorities.
The incident follows weeks of escalating exchanges between Iran and US-allied Gulf states. As The Zioneer reported, Kuwait's air defenses have been repeatedly active: intercepting 32 Iranian drones on July 16, engaging multiple aerial threats since June, and successfully intercepting missiles and drones in prior attacks. The broader context includes Iran's claimed strikes on US facilities in Kuwait, Bahrain, and Jordan in recent months, as well as repeated IRGC and Artesh operations targeting US assets in the region.
The Kuwaiti statement did not specify the number of drones, their origin, or any damage or casualties. The origin of the drones remains unconfirmed, and no independent verification of the interception has been provided.
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