KUWAIT / Anadolu

Kuwait's Ministry of Defense announced Sunday that a worker was injured and material damage occurred as a result of attacks targeting 3 border centers in the north of the country and an offshore drilling platform belonging to the Kuwait Oil Company.

The ministry said in a statement that "3 land border centers in the north of the country were subjected to an aggressive and sinful attack, resulting in material damage."

It added: "One of the offshore drilling platforms belonging to the Kuwait Oil Company, in Kuwaiti territorial waters, was also targeted by a hostile drone, resulting in material damage and injury to one worker, who is receiving necessary medical care."

The ministry continued: "The competent authorities immediately began taking the necessary measures to deal with the incident, in coordination with the relevant authorities."

The ministry did not specify who carried out the attacks, nor did any party claim responsibility for them as of 20:10 GMT.

Kuwait is one of five Gulf countries, in addition to Jordan, that witnessed attacks on Sunday, the broadest targeting of Arab countries since the détente between Washington and Tehran last April, while some of those countries said Iran launched the attacks.

Those countries, according to Anadolu's monitoring of official positions, included Qatar, the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, and Jordan.

On Saturday/Sunday night, Washington and Tehran exchanged strikes, while Iran's Revolutionary Guard announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz to maritime navigation until further notice.

The Revolutionary Guard also announced on Sunday in a statement that it targeted two ships in the Strait of Hormuz, saying they had "violated the transit rules" imposed by Iran.

For its part, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on Sunday via the American company X platform the launch of a new wave of attacks on Iran, in response to the latter's targeting of commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

CENTCOM indicated that its attacks last night hit about 140 military targets, including missile and drone sites, naval military capabilities, ammunition depots, communication networks, and coastal surveillance facilities.

In response to these attacks, Iran announced the targeting of US military sites in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Jordan with missiles.

Washington and Tehran had signed a memorandum of understanding on June 18 following negotiations mediated by Qatar and Pakistan, ahead of reaching a final agreement, before Trump announced that the memorandum of understanding with Iran had "ended" amid the recent escalation.