Kuwait airport shut after Iranian drone attack damages terminal, wounds several people
Kuwaiti officials said 63 people were wounded and one person was killed as flights resumed from another terminal after the attack.
- On Wednesday, June 3, 2026, an Iranian missile and drone attack struck Kuwait International Airport, killing one person and wounding others while forcing suspension of all commercial flights.
- The attack followed retaliatory U.S. Central Command strikes on an Iranian military ground control station on Qeshm Island in response to earlier Iranian missile fire toward Kuwait and Bahrain.
- Defence Ministry spokesperson Brigadier General Saud Abdulaziz Al-Atwan confirmed Terminal 1 sustained 'significant material damage' and injured a number of individuals, prompting emergency procedures and flight diversions.
- UAE presidential advisor Anwar Gargash posted that "this aggression does not just target one country, it targets us all," urging Gulf unity as Bahraini forces intercepted missiles aimed at civilian infrastructure.
- President Donald Trump rejected Iranian claims that negotiations had halted, writing that "the conversations between us have been going on continuously," though Iranian officials disputed this account.
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New attacks by Iran and U.S. strain an already shaky ceasefire
An Iran drone attack on Kuwait’s main airport killed one and injured dozens more. Still, late today President Trump dismissed the latest violence and said a longer term peace deal could be reached this weekend. NBC News’ Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel reports from the region.
Deadly drone strike on Kuwait tests shaky ceasefire
An Iranian drone strike on a passenger terminal at Kuwait's international airport killed an Indian citizen and wounded 63 people on Wednesday, as conflict flared between Tehran and US forces in the Gulf. Kuwait's military condemned the strike as an act of "criminal Iranian aggression", while Iran's Revolutionary Guards accused US forces of provoking a response by targeting a tanker and a communications tower on the country's Qeshm Island. The at…
Stop Calling It a Ceasefire
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli strike on the village of Arnoun in the southern Lebanese area of Marjayoun on June 3, 2026. Photo: AFP via Getty Images To any reasonable person, a ceasefire is exactly what it sounds like: It is the total cessation of military attacks to end a war. But to the mainstream American media outlets covering the U.S.–Israel war with Iran, what constitutes a “ceasefire” is a rhetorical exercise. Today, Iran laun…
Iranian strikes on Kuwait airport test truce
Iranian drones on Wednesday struck a passenger terminal at Kuwait’s main airport, killing at least one person, in the latest test of the fragile ceasefire between Tehran and Washington. Iran’s foreign minister said “no tangible progress” has been made in peace talks. The result of the deadlock is three regional truces “that look like war,” The Wall Street Journal wrote: Fighting persists in Iran, Lebanon, and Gaza, despite ceasefires on paper. T…
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