Kuwaiti air defences intercept drone, missile attacks

The Kuwaiti Army's air defences intercepted and destroyed drones and missiles on Thursday morning.

In a statement carried by the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), the Army's General Staff said the loud explosions heard in some parts of Kuwait resulted from the interceptions and urged the public to abide by safety instructions.

"These actions were measured, purely defensive and intended to ‌maintain the ceasefire," the official said. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it targeted a US base in response to what it described as an early morning US attack near ⁠Bandar Abbas airport, Tasnim news agency reported.

The IRGC said it targeted the US airbase from which the attack on the control station near Bandar Abbas was launched, without identifying the base. Kuwait - which hosts a large US base - said it was responding to missile and drone attacks without saying where the attacks were coming from.

Agencies