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The United States Embassy in Kuwait said Tuesday it “will be closed until further notice” due to ongoing regional tensions.
“We have canceled all regular and emergency consular appointments. We will communicate when the embassy returns to normal operations,” the embassy said in a post on the U.S. social media platform X.
The embassy said information would be provided on when normal operations would resume.
Meanwhile, in its travel advisory for Iraq, the U.S. mission in Baghdad said the State Department ordered non-emergency government employees “to leave Iraq due to security concerns.”
“Because of security concerns, U.S. government personnel in Baghdad are prohibited from using Baghdad International Airport,” the mission said.
While negotiations between Tehran and Washington were ongoing, Israel and the United States launched a military attack on Iran on Feb. 28.
Iran responded with attacks on selected targets in several regional countries, primarily Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, where U.S. bases are located, as well as Israel.
In the U.S.-Israel attacks, many senior officials were killed, including Iran’s leader Ali Khamenei.
The Iranian Red Crescent said 555 people were killed and 747 others were injured in the bombardments targeting the country.
Meanwhile, Kuwait said Monday that two of its naval servicemen were killed amid the U.S.-Iran conflict.
In a statement, the General Staff of the Kuwaiti Armed Forces said Sgt. Walid Majid Suleiman “was martyred while on duty.”
The military later announced that Sgt. Abdulaziz Abdulmohsen Dakhel Nasser, another member of the naval forces, was killed Monday evening while performing his national duties. No further details were provided on the circumstances surrounding the deaths.
Regional tensions escalated Saturday when the United States and Israel launched a large-scale attack on Iran, killing several top Iranian leaders, including Khamenei.
The developments came as the ongoing U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran continued, with Tehran retaliating through drone and missile strikes targeting Israel and several regional countries hosting U.S. assets.
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