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Multiple drone attacks targeted Kuwait’s international airport, causing significant damage to the airport’s radar system, Kuwait’s Civil Aviation Authority said Saturday.
The attack on the Gulf country caused no casualties, a civil aviation spokesperson told Kuwait’s official news agency Kuna, but the radar system was badly damaged.
“Kuwait International Airport was subjected to several drone attacks without recording any human casualties,” Directorate General of Civil Aviation spokesperson Abdullah Al-Rajhi told Kuna.
According to Kuna, Al-Rajhi said the attack caused significant damage to the airport’s radar system, and emergency teams and relevant authorities immediately began responding to the incident.
Kuwait International Airport is largely closed to commercial flights and has come under attack several times since the regional war began on Feb. 28, when Israel and the United States launched strikes on Iran.
The most recent attack before Saturday occurred on Wednesday, when a drone strike on a fuel depot at the airport caused a massive fire. Kuwait has blamed Iran for the attacks.
Meanwhile, on March 14, the civil aviation authority said an attack involving “several drones” targeted the airport and struck its radar system. No casualties were reported in that incident.
Drones also hit fuel tanks at the airport on March 8, while an earlier attack on a passenger terminal left several people mildly wounded and caused some damage.
Major airlines have suspended flights to the Gulf or reduced operations due to fuel shortages linked to the war.
For nearly a month, the United States and Israel have carried out an air offensive on Iran, killing over 1,340 people, including then-Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Iran has retaliated with drone and missile strikes targeting Israel, as well as Jordan, Iraq and Gulf countries hosting U.S. military assets, causing casualties and damaging infrastructure while disrupting global markets and aviation.
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