“NOT NORMAL”
Hassan Sheikh, a 40-year-old Pakistani resident of Kuwait who lives near the airport, said he heard explosions throughout the night. “For the first time, my children felt how serious the situation was and that this was not normal,” he said.
With Bahrain also complaining of overnight drone attacks from Iran, the United Arab Emirates moved to rally its Gulf neighbours in opposition to Tehran.
“In light of Iran’s repeated aggression against … Kuwait and Bahrain, a firm, unified, and cohesive Gulf stance is imperative,” UAE presidential advisor Anwar Gargash posted on social media.
“This aggression does not just target one country, it targets us all.”
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards did not claim the attack on the civilian airport, but accused Kuwait and Bahrain of enabling US attacks from their soil and declared they had targeted a different location – “the Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait, which hosts helicopters”.
The Iranian supreme leader’s military adviser, Mohsen Rezaei, said: “Every shot fired and every attack will be met with a deluge of missiles and drones … the aggressor will swiftly be punished”.