Kuwait Airport Hit By Iran, Again – A huge wave of Iranian drones and missiles was launched toward Kuwait on Thursday.

Early on Thursday, sirens sounded across the country as air defenses engaged the attack. The Kuwaiti Defense Ministry said the barrage was an act of “blatant Iranian aggression.” On Wednesday, Bahrain and Jordan also said that they intercepted Iranian attacks.

Iran Targets U.S. Assets 

Tehran claimed to have targeted facilities used by U.S. forces at the Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base in southern Kuwait, along with the United Arab Emirates’s Al Minhad Air Base close to Dubai.

Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island were hit by the U.S. on Sunday.

U.S. Central Command said the attack was a retaliation for Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) personnel aiming to use sea mine-equipped rockets in the Strait of Hormuz.

The IRGC is listed as a foreign terrorist group by the U.S. government, and it extensively funds and trains terror proxies across the Middle East.

CENTCOM has framed the strike as a “limited, precise action” to safeguard global trade.

13 Iranian ballistic missiles also entered Jordanian airspace on Tuesday. Amman’s armed forces claimed to have intercepted 10 while three landed in sparsely populated areas. Iran also fired drones or missiles toward U.S. facilities in Iraq, Bahrain, and Kuwait.

The IRGC subsequently claimed Iran would deliver “crushing and devastating blows” against the U.S.

‘Not a War’

Vice President JD Vance attempted to downplay the conflict on Thursday, stating that he “wouldn’t call it a war.” When asked by journalists when the war would conclude, he refused to impose “artificial timelines.”

“I don’t know the answer to that question… You would have to ask the Iranians,” he explained.

Iran used Kheibar Shekan medium-range ballistic missiles in the recent flare-ups, The Guardian has reported. Brig. Gen. Hossein Mohebbi, a spokesperson for the IRGC terror group, alleged that Tehran’s missile production has carried on throughout the conflict.

“Initially, some believed that Iran had only a limited number of missiles and that its stockpiles would eventually be depleted as the war continued,” Mohebbi said.

“However, that assumption proved incorrect, as Iran’s missile capability has remained sustained and its missile production has continued.”

His account of Iran’s remaining missile stockpile could not be independently verified.

Airport Already Hit in June 

Just three months ago, Kuwait’s International Airport was struck by a previous Iranian drone attack.

The airport’s civilian passenger terminal was hit with a drone which killed one Indian resident of the Gulf state and injured dozens of others.

The IRGC claims it did not specifically target the terminal, although it has extensively targeted civilians previously, including Iranian citizens.

Kuwait has firmly rejected Iran’s claim that the damage to the airport was caused by a failed U.S. interceptor.

AFP reported this week that roughly 52,000 Iranians live in the country. One Iranian restaurant in Kuwait City had removed the words “Iranian cuisine” from its name because of what an employee described as “the sensitivity of the issue.”

“We just want to live and earn our daily bread,” one Iranian resident told AFP.

Another said: “Of course, we feel caught in the middle.”

Both Kuwait and Iran have been accused of human rights abuses. In 2025, U.S. pro-democracy think tank Freedom House gave Kuwait a Global Freedom score of 30/100. Iran’s score was much lower, at just 10/100.

Bad News for Trump: Hormuz Traffic Remains Depressed

The continuing attacks also show how far shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remains from its prewar pattern.

AP reported Friday that just 102 ships passed through the strait last week, down from 126 the week before.

Before the war, at least 130 vessels passed through the strait every day, according to Lloyd’s List Intelligence.

TankerTrackers.com estimated that about 5 million barrels of oil per day had exited Hormuz on average over the previous 28 days. Before the conflict, roughly 20 million barrels of Gulf oil passed through the waterway each day.

The disruption is still feeding into energy prices. AP reported Friday that U.S. benchmark crude had climbed above $91 a barrel, while the average price of diesel in the United States reached a record $5.85 a gallon.