Istanbul / Anadolu

Kuwait announced on Tuesday the interception of 6 missiles and 33 drones as part of an 'Iranian aggression' that wounded 4 military personnel and caused material damage from falling shrapnel in several locations in the Gulf state.

The Kuwaiti Defense Ministry said in a statement that 'the armed forces have monitored, since this evening until now, one ballistic missile, five cruise missiles, and 33 hostile drones, and they have been intercepted and dealt with.'

It explained that 'the sinful Iranian aggression resulted in targeting a number of vital and civilian facilities, and shrapnel fell in several locations in the country, causing material damage.'

It added: 'One of the naval vessels of the Kuwaiti Navy was targeted, and as a result, 4 members of the armed forces were wounded.'

Earlier Tuesday, the Kuwaiti army announced in a statement, for the second time, repelling aerial attacks, coinciding with the ongoing military escalation between the United States and Iran.

Meanwhile, the Government Communication Center, via its account on the American company X platform, quoted a Defense Ministry statement saying that those attacks were carried out through 'missile attacks and hostile drones.'

For days, the United States has been launching attacks on Iran, claiming retaliation for Tehran's targeting of commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

Tehran responds by bombing what it says are American military facilities in Arab countries, while some of those countries have announced that Iranian attacks resulted in civilian casualties and damaged civilian facilities.

Iran targets any ship trying to cross the Strait of Hormuz, strategic for global energy supplies, without coordinating with it or when passing through a different path than the one it stipulates.

On Saturday, Oman and Iran agreed to continue talks on ensuring safe and free navigation in the strait, amid reports that Muscat is preparing a proposal to organize ship passage through two corridors with separate arrangements.

On Friday, Washington demanded Tehran make a public pledge not to target ships in Hormuz and keep all its passages open to commercial shipping, according to US media citing unnamed officials.

The Strait of Hormuz region is witnessing security tensions against the backdrop of the war launched by the United States and Israel on Iran on February 28, 2026.

Washington and Tehran had signed a memorandum of understanding last June that included a ceasefire, following Qatari and Pakistani mediation, in preparation for reaching a final agreement to end the war, before US President Donald Trump announced on July 8 that the ceasefire was over due to renewed escalation.