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\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\tIranian drones hit Kuwait’s airport\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Defense Ministry spokesperson Brig. Gen. Saud Abdulaziz Al-Otaibi said that \u201ca lot of hostile drones\u201d targeted a passenger constructing at Kuwait International Airport.<\/p>\n
Authorities said one person was killed and 63 wounded, including passengers and staff. Health Ministry spokesman Abdullah Al Sanad said some had suffered serious injuries.<\/p>\n
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The Foreign Ministry said Kuwait reserves the proper to answer Iran and that it’s going to \u201cneither accept nor tolerate\u201d the attacks.<\/p>\n
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The airport partially reopened later within the day, in keeping with civil aviation authorities, with Kuwait Airways flights resuming from a distinct terminal than the one which was hit. No other flights could be operating, they said. The airport only reopened Monday after closing early within the war.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the U.S. military said Iran fired two missiles at Kuwait that fell apart en route, and that it \u201cdowned multiple drones\u201d targeting American forces within the country.<\/p>\n
The military also said U.S. and Bahraini forces intercepted missiles aimed toward the Gulf kingdom, which is home to the U.S. Navy\u2019s fifth fleet. Bahrain\u2019s Defense Ministry said its military intercepted and destroyed three missiles and a lot of drones fired by Iran.<\/p>\n
The U.S. military said it launched strikes on an Iranian military ground control station on Qeshm Island within the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n
Iran\u2019s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard acknowledged that it targeted the headquarters of the fifth Fleet and U.S. military facilities out of the country, but didn’t name Kuwait.<\/p>\n
Each the U.S. and Iran said they were retaliating for earlier attacks or attaempted attacks.<\/p>\n
Iran\u2019s Foreign Ministry condemned the U.S. strikes on Qeshm Island, where it said a telecommunications tower was struck, and other previous strikes. It called them \u201cacts of aggression\u201d that it said violated the ceasefire.<\/p>\n
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A senior Emirati diplomat called on Wednesday for \u201ca firm, unified, and cohesive Gulf position\u201d against Iran following the attacks.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis aggression doesn’t goal a selected state, but reasonably all of us,\u201d Anwar Gargash wrote on the X platform.<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\tMore on World<\/button>More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nIran\u2019s Fars and Tasnim news agencies, each believed to be near the Guard, reported that Iran\u2019s negotiators have stopped communicating with ceasefire mediators as tensions flared in Israel\u2019s separate but related fight against the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon.<\/p>\n
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A regional official involved within the mediation, speaking on condition of anonymity to debate the talks, told The Associated Press that Iran had not communicated in any respect on Tuesday after saying that a ceasefire needed to be enforced in Lebanon for negotiations to proceed.<\/p>\n
Trump called reports of a cessation in talks \u201cfalse and erroneous.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe conversations between us have been happening repeatedly, including 4 days ago, three days ago, two days ago, sooner or later ago and today,\u201d Trump said in a social media post. \u201cWhere they lead, one never knows, but as I told Iran, \u2019It\u2019s time, a method or one other, so that you can make a Deal.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Because the attacks proceed, Lebanon has emerged as a key sticking point in Trump\u2019s efforts to sign a ceasefire cope with Iran.<\/p>\n
Tehran insists that any larger potential truce within the war there must also quell the fighting in Lebanon. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to maintain the problems separate and is under heavy domestic pressure to strike Hezbollah as he prepares for brand new elections this fall.<\/p>\n
The fighting has exposed a rift between close allies Israel and the U.S., with the U.S. pushing for restraint and Israel looking for to step up the military pressure on Hezbollah.<\/p>\n
An individual conversant in the situation said Netanyahu and Trump had a \u201ctense\u201d conversation earlier this week. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren\u2019t authorized to talk to the media. The person didn\u2019t elaborate on the main points of the decision.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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