KUWAIT CITY: The Interior Ministry announced Sunday that two officers from the Land Border Security Department were killed in the line of duty as Iran carried out a wave of overnight missile and drone attacks on Kuwait.
The strikes, which targeted several locations including the Kuwait International Airport, came amid Tehran’s retaliation against Gulf states hosting Western forces involved in operations against Iran.
The Kuwait Interior Ministry announced today that Lt. Col. Abdullah Emad Al-Sharrah and Maj. Fahd Abdulaziz Al-Mujammad (border security officers) were killed at dawn while on duty.
The Kuwaiti Defense Ministry, meanwhile, also confirmed on Sunday that its air defense systems were actively responding to hostile projectiles aimed at both civilian and military infrastructure.
Despite intercepting the majority of incoming threats, several missiles and drones penetrated defenses, causing casualties and damage. Officials reported six dead and 18 wounded, alongside separate naval losses of two officers killed and 32 injured.
Other than these, a friendly fire incident also saw three American F-15Es shot down over Kuwaiti territory.
The attacks have once again drawn attention to Kuwait’s strategic role in the region. Hosting around 13,500 U.S. personnel, the country is considered one of the most critical American military hubs in the Middle East following 1990s Iraq-Kuwait war. Its three major bases — Camp Arifjan, a logistics centre for U.S. Central Command; Ali Al Salem Air Base, a key air operations hub; and Camp Buehring, used for training and staging deployments — form the backbone of Washington’s presence in the Gulf.
