Tehran’s hardline military wing said its aerospace division had struck a base it linked to an American operation against a telecommunications tower on Sirik Island, according to a statement issued Monday by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The location of the targeted base was withheld.
That announcement landed the same day Kuwait found itself contending with a barrage overhead. State news agency KUNA reported that the country’s air defenses were engaging missiles and drones while warning sirens went off in multiple areas. No additional specifics were provided in the agency’s account.
Kuwaiti military authorities used social media to reassure the public about the noise residents were hearing. Any blasts, the army’s general staff explained, were the product of defensive systems knocking down the hostile projectiles rather than strikes landing on the ground.
The same message carried a directive to the population. “Everyone is requested to adhere to the security and safety instructions issued by the competent authorities.”
This was not an isolated episode for the Gulf state. A comparable assault involving drones and missiles had struck Kuwait days earlier, an incident officials attributed to Iran and labeled “a dangerous escalation.”
