Drones struck a fuel tank at Kuwait International Airport on March 25, sparking a fire that sent black smoke across the facility. Kuwait's Civil Aviation Authority confirmed the strike caused "limited" damage and no casualties. According to Anadolu Agency, air defenses intercepted 13 missiles and six drones, but two drones penetrated and hit the fuel storage area. [1]

This was the third attack on Kuwait's airport infrastructure this month. On March 8, drones hit fuel tanks at the same airport. An earlier strike on a passenger terminal wounded several people. Kuwait's power grid was also damaged by strikes on March 24, compounding the disruption. [2]

The attacks are part of the broadening Iran-led campaign against Gulf states that have facilitated or permitted U.S. military operations. Kuwait hosts several American military installations, including Ali Al Salem Air Base, which was struck by a Shahed-type drone on March 8. The targeting of civilian airport infrastructure — fuel storage, radar systems, terminals — marks an escalation beyond military targets. [3]

Kuwait's aviation authority has not suspended commercial operations, but the pattern is unmistakable. A country that is not formally at war is absorbing regular drone strikes on its most important civilian transit hub.

-- Yosef Stern, Jerusalem