Kuwait's government announced an outage affecting several electrical transmission lines, according to reports. The scope and cause of the outage have not been detailed.
At 01:50 Jerusalem, the Kuwaiti government confirmed that several electrical transmission lines are down, marking the first official acknowledgment of the outage that has been reported since early Wednesday. The announcement follows The Zioneer's initial report at 01:09 Jerusalem of a widespread power outage affecting most cities in Kuwait and parts of Bahrain, and a subsequent update at 01:38 Jerusalem that the outage was ongoing with no cause or restoration timeline given. The government's statement now attributes the outage to transmission line failures, though the cause of those failures remains unknown.
The Zioneer first reported the outage at 01:09 Jerusalem, based on unverified reports of a blackout across Kuwait and Bahrain. At 01:38 Jerusalem, the desk updated that the scope and cause were still unclear. The government's confirmation at 01:50 Jerusalem adds official attribution to multiple transmission lines, but the underlying cause is still not specified. Earlier reports in the thread did not mention transmission lines, so this is a new detail from official sources.
Kuwait has experienced multiple security incidents in recent weeks, including missile and drone attacks and interceptions as part of the regional escalation involving Iran, as The Zioneer reported on June 28 and earlier. However, there is currently no indication that the power outage is linked to those hostile events. The government has not suggested any external interference, and the outage is being treated as a technical failure.
The cause of the transmission line outage remains unknown, and no restoration timeline has been provided. The full geographic extent of the outage—particularly whether it still affects all areas previously reported—and whether Bahrain is also affected have not been updated by the government. Further details are awaited.
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Source and signal
- Internal intake