Kuwait

US fighter jet downs Iranian drone near aircraft carrier, gunboats approach US-flagged tanker

Iranian Shahed-139 drone shot down by F-35 jet over Arabian Sea • In separate incident, six Iranian gunboats approach US-flagged oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz

|ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) sails alongside the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations.
Qatar Emiri Air Force personnel load aid onto a military cargo plane headed to Syria, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, December 30, 2024.

Where are the American bases in the Middle East Iran threatened it might strike? - explainer

Trump warned Iran that if it retaliated against the US, the US would respond at levels “never seen before.”

|ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Egyptian president Anwar Sadat and prime minister Menachem Begin acknowledge applause during a joint session of Congress in which US president Jimmy Carter announced the results of the Camp David Accords on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 18, 1978.

Voices from the Arab Press: Israel, Donald Trump, and Anwar Sadat

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

|ByTHE MEDIA LINE
AMER GHALIB speaks at a rally for then-presidential nominee Donald Trump in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on the eve of US Election Day last November. Diplomatic appointments must transcend campaign considerations, the writer asserts.

The troubling case of Amer Ghalib: Trump's Kuwait pick raises red flags - opinion

If dozens of Muslim states are acceptable, if Christian state churches are traditional, then why is one Jewish state too many for Mr. Ghalib to acknowledge?

|BySTEVEN BURG

Tehran has the right to exploit joint Iran-Kuwait-Saudi gas field, foreign minister says

Kuwait and Saudi Arabia agreed last Monday to develop the Durra gas field, which is located between them and Iran.

MARCH 26, 2022ByREUTERS
The production platform of Leviathan natural gas field is seen in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Haifa

Voices from the Arab press: Kuwait on International Women's Day

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

MARCH 16, 2022ByMEDIA LINE
WOMEN ENTER the Kuwait Boursa trading hall in Kuwait City.

Voices from the Arab press: The Women – Not the ‘Harem’ – of Kuwait

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

MARCH 3, 2022ByTHE MEDIA LINE
Kuwait women

Lebanon's Hezbollah chief describes Kuwaiti proposals to Lebanon as 'dictates'

Nasrallah added that he nonetheless supported Lebanese-Gulf dialogue.

FEBRUARY 8, 2022ByREUTERS
A man rides a motorbike past a picture of Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, near Sidon.

Gal Gadot’s newest movie banned in Kuwait

The Gulf nation also banned the 2017 film that brought Gadot international acclaim: "Wonder Woman."

FEBRUARY 8, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Gal Gadot at the Met Gala, May 6, 2019

Kuwaiti paper pushes normalization with Israel, criticizes Palestinians

A Kuwaiti editorial called for Gulf states to cut support for Palestinians, saying "let them rebuild what they destroy by their own acts."

JANUARY 30, 2022ByTZVI JOFFRE
A woman waves two Kuwaiti flags during a military demonstration held at the Marina Mall in Kuwait City, Feb. 28, 2011

Kuwaiti poet: ‘Embrace Jews without having a political agenda’

US embassy Hanukkah message sparks antisemitic responses from Kuwaitis.

JANUARY 28, 2022ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
FILE PHOTO: Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah is seen during the Arab summit in Mecca, Saudi Arabia May 31, 2019

Voices from the Arab press: The path toward a unified Gulf currency

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world

DECEMBER 30, 2021ByTHE MEDIA LINE
Displaying data at the Doha Stock Exchange in Qatar, January 2021

Voices from the Arab Press: Designating Hamas a terror org. isn’t enough

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

DECEMBER 9, 2021ByTHE MEDIA LINE
Shopping at the Mall of Egypt in Giza, 2020

Kuwait bans entry of ships carrying goods to and from Israel

A Kuwaiti decree banned the entry of vessels carrying goods to or from Israel into Kuwait territorial waters.

DECEMBER 5, 2021ByTZVI JOFFRE
Freight trucks and vehicles drive on the only entrance to Kuwait's Shuwaikh Port from the Ghazalli Bridge in Shuwaikh February 11, 2013