{"id":131629,"date":"2026-06-03T09:29:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T15:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/iranian-drone-attacks-hits-kuwait-airport-wounding-people\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T12:22:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T18:22:25","slug":"iran-strikes-kuwaits-main-airport-and-kills-1-as-ceasefire-is-tested-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/iran-strikes-kuwaits-main-airport-and-kills-1-as-ceasefire-is-tested-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran strikes Kuwait’s main airport and kills 1 as ceasefire is tested again"},"content":{"rendered":"

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People gather on paddleboards in shallow water as cargo and service vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, June 1, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi\/ISNA via AP)<\/span>(Amirhosein Khorgooi\/ISNA via AP)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) \u2014 Kuwait briefly shut its main airport Wednesday after Iranian drones heavily damaged a passenger terminal, killed one person and wounded dozens \u2014 the latest in back-and-forth attacks by Iran and the U.S. that test a fragile ceasefire<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The strike reinforced the risks to residents and travelers in Gulf countries that had considered themselves relative havens before the war, now in its fourth month.<\/p>\n

Talks have dragged on for weeks<\/a> as mediators seek a more enduring truce in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.<\/a> They are increasingly strained by Israel\u2019s broadening war with Iran-backed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A regional official said Iran wanted a separate ceasefire in Lebanon<\/a> enforced before returning to talks. U.S. President Donald Trump<\/a> said negotiations continue.<\/p>\n

The fighting in Lebanon has also exposed a rift between Israel and the U.S., which is pushing its ally for restraint. In a measure of the friction, Trump acknowledged that he’d called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu \u201ccrazy\u201d during a phone call earlier this week. Nonetheless, both men say their rapport is solid.<\/p>\n

Iran maintains its hold on the Strait of Hormuz<\/a> \u2014 a crucial waterway for the world\u2019s oil and natural gas and related products like fertilizer<\/a> \u2014 and the U.S. continues its blockade of Iranian ports. Global fuel prices remain high, and the effects of the conflict<\/a> are felt well beyond the region.<\/p>\n

An Indian national is killed at Kuwait’s main airport<\/strong><\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Kuwait’s Defense Ministry, Brig. Gen. Saud Abdulaziz Al-Otaibi, said \u201ca number of hostile drones\u201d targeted a passenger building at Kuwait International Airport. It had opened only Monday after a months-long closure because of the war, which began Feb. 28 with U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran.<\/p>\n

India\u2019s embassy said the person killed was an Indian national. Authorities said 63 were wounded, including passengers and workers, and some suffered serious injuries.<\/p>\n

Kuwait’s Defense Ministry said it destroyed over a dozen missiles and a similar number of drones from Iran.<\/p>\n

The airport partially reopened later, with Kuwait Airways flights resuming at a different terminal, according to civil aviation authorities. No other flights were operating.<\/p>\n

The Foreign Ministry said Kuwait will \u201cneither accept nor tolerate\u201d the attacks and was kicking out two Iranian diplomats. Such expulsions are an established means of communicating international ire.<\/p>\n

US and Iran say they are retaliating for earlier attacks<\/strong><\/p>\n

The U.S. military said two Iranian missiles fell apart en route to Kuwait and that it \u201cdowned multiple drones\u201d targeting American forces in the country.<\/p>\n

The military also said U.S. and Bahraini forces intercepted missiles aimed at the Gulf kingdom, home to the U.S. Navy\u2019s 5th fleet. Bahrain\u2019s Defense Ministry said its military intercepted and destroyed three missiles and a number of drones fired by Iran.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard acknowledged that it targeted the headquarters of the 5th Fleet and U.S. military facilities in another country, but did not name Kuwait.<\/p>\n

Both the U.S. and Iran said they were retaliating for earlier attacks or attempted ones.<\/p>\n

The U.S. military also said it launched strikes on an Iranian military ground control station on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n

Iran’s Foreign Ministry condemned the U.S. strikes on the island, where it said a telecommunications tower was struck, and other previous strikes. It called them \u201cacts of aggression\u201d that it said violated the ceasefire.<\/p>\n

Writing on X, a senior Emirati diplomat, Anwar Gargash, called for \u201ca firm, unified, and cohesive Gulf position\u201d against Iran following the attacks.<\/p>\n

Trump calls reports of cessation in talks \u2018false\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s Fars and Tasnim news agencies, both believed to be close to the Guard, on Tuesday reported that Iran\u2019s negotiators have stopped communicating with ceasefire mediators as tensions flare<\/a> in Lebanon.<\/p>\n

A regional official involved in the mediation, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the talks, told The Associated Press that Iran had not communicated on Tuesday after saying a ceasefire needed to be enforced in Lebanon for negotiations to continue.<\/p>\n

Trump called reports of a cessation in talks \u201cfalse and erroneous.\u201d<\/p>\n

The war is increasingly tied to Israel\u2019s war in Lebanon<\/strong><\/p>\n

Israeli forces have moved deeper into Lebanon<\/a> than at any time in over a quarter-century, while Hezbollah has launched rocket and drone attacks. The declared ceasefire in Lebanon is officially in place and no side has formally withdrawn or declared it over even as attacks continue.<\/p>\n

Iran insists that any larger potential truce must quell the fighting in Lebanon. Netanyahu wants to keep the issues separate and is under domestic pressure to strike Hezbollah as he prepares for elections this fall.<\/p>\n

In a podcast interview released Wednesday, Trump confirmed a report<\/a> that he had called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> \u201ccrazy\u201d Monday in a phone call peppered with an expletive. Trump told The New York Post\u2019s \u201cPod Force One\u201d<\/a> that he was \u201ca little bit perturbed\u201d that Israel\u2019s fight with Hezbollah was holding back talks with Iran.<\/p>\n

Still, Trump said his relationship with Netanyahu was good, and \u201cwe\u2019ve worked very well together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Netanyahu responded that he and Trump sometimes have \u201ctactical disagreements\u201d but have \u201ccommon goals\u201d and \u201cagree on the main things.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe respects me. I respect him. We always find a way to work out our differences,\u201d the prime minister said in an interview on the American business-news channel CNBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

Magdy reported from Cairo. Associated Press writers Elena Becatoros in Athens, Greece, Sheikh Saaliq in New Delhi, Sam Mednick in Jerusalem, and Aamer Madhani and Konstantin Toropin in Washington contributed to this report.<\/p>\n

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A woman holds a poster of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei during a pro-government gathering at Islamic Revolution Square in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, May 30, 2026. (AP Photo\/Vahid Salemi)<\/span>(AP Photo\/Vahid Salemi)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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People swim on a public beach as smoke, background, rises from an Israeli airstrike that hit the Qlaileh village, seen from the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (AP Photo\/Mohammed Zaatari)<\/span>(AP Photo\/Mohammed Zaatari)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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