Tag: Kuwait
A New Gulf Order Emerges Under Fire
The US-Iran war is achieving what decades of summits and declarations could not: it has handed the Gulf monarchies a single, immediate security problem. Iranian missiles and drones have repeatedly struck Gulf territory. Reported strikes on Kuwaiti electricity-generation and water-desalination facilities took generating units out of service. Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis…
Iran Strikes Widen to Three Gulf States
Kuwait, Bahrain, and Jordan all reported military activity linked to Iran overnight Monday, as US strikes on Iranian targets entered a tenth consecutive night and widened the conflict's regional footprint. CENTCOM said it completed another round of strikes against Iran at 9 p.m. ET on July 20, according to CENTCOM's…
US Hits Iran Nuclear Site, Kuwait Plant Again
The United States struck the construction site of Iran's Darkhovin nuclear power plant in Khuzestan Province early Sunday, marking the eighth consecutive night of American strikes on Iran. The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran said the facility was hit with several projectiles at around 3:39 a.m. local time, calling the…
Two US Service Members Killed in Iran’s Jordan Strike
Two American service members were killed, and a third went missing Friday as ballistic missiles and drones struck US positions in Jordan, part of an Iranian barrage that also hit Camp Arifjan's support center and a radar facility at Ali Al-Salem Air Base in Kuwait. CENTCOM said the two were…
Qatar Says Iran Strikes Cross Red Lines
Qatar issued a formal condemnation Saturday of Iran's renewed strikes on Jordan, Bahrain, and Kuwait, calling the attacks a serious breach of international law. Qatar's Foreign Ministry said it "condemns in the strongest terms the renewed attacks launched by the Islamic Republic of Iran" against the three countries, describing them…
US Strikes Iran for Seventh Straight Night
The United States carried out strikes on Iran for a seventh consecutive night on Friday, according to Euronews. US Central Command said its forces hit surveillance sites, military logistics infrastructure, underground weapons storage, and maritime capabilities, while continuing to enforce a naval blockade of Iranian ports.Iran responded in kind. Iran's…
Iran Hits Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait in One Day
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps carried out strikes against US military facilities in Jordan, Bahrain, and Kuwait within hours of each other on July 14, part of an operation the IRGC designated "Operation Nasr 2," according to The Tribune.The IRGC said it destroyed weapons and equipment storage sheds and struck…
Iran’s Missiles Turn the Gulf Against It
The United States has struck more than 300 Iranian military targets over three nights — radar, launchers, and missile and drone stores — according to CENTCOM, after Iran hit a commercial vessel near the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's strikes have now reached across the Gulf, and its neighbours are turning…
