KUWAIT CITY: The Kuwaiti military said on Friday that two drones approaching from neighboring Iraq hit border posts along its northern frontier, causing damage but no casualties.
“This morning, two of Kuwait’s northern land border posts were targeted in a criminal act of aggression involving two explosive-laden drones guided by fiber-optic cables, originating from the Republic of Iraq, resulting in material damage but… no human casualties,” the military said in a statement on X.
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After the Middle East war began on February 28, some groups began claiming daily attacks on “enemy bases” in Iraq and across the region, but later said they would suspend operations following the announcement of a ceasefire.
However, Gulf countries have summoned Iraqi representatives to protest continued attacks by these groups even after the ceasefire took effect.
Iraq has also been drawn into the conflict involving the United States, Israel, and Iran, with repeated strikes targeting Gulf nations, particularly the US embassy in Baghdad.
No group has officially claimed responsibility for the latest attack.
The incident occurred as the ceasefire entered its third week and has largely held. Meanwhile, the Kuwaiti government on Friday announced plans to begin reopening its airspace to commercial flights.
The move is part of a “phased plan to gradually resume air traffic in preparation for the airport’s full operations in the coming period,” Sheikh Hamoud Mubarak Al-Hamoud Al-Sabah, head of the country’s civil aviation authority, said, according to the state-run Kuwait News Agency.
