Kuwaiti air defenses activated as Iran targets US airbase, Iranian media says
Local sources said that Iran had launched drone and missile attacks at the Al-Salem airbase in Kuwait, Iran's IRCG- affiliated Tasnim News Agency reported.
Local sources said that Iran had launched drone and missile attacks at the Al-Salem airbase in Kuwait, Iran's IRCG- affiliated Tasnim News Agency reported.
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Zaidi's visit also comes more than a week after he met with US President Donald Trump on July 14.
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The UK government website explains that "the situation in the Middle East remains unpredictable. Since 8 July there have been strikes and retaliatory attacks by Iran in a number of locations."
The IRGC stated that in retaliation for what it described as US interference in the Strait of Hormuz, it struck a US military equipment warehouse and a Patriot missile system in Kuwait.