Kuwait and Bahrain were placed on alert again on the morning of Saturday, June 6, after an Iranian salvo targeting both countries, according to Bahrain’s Al-Ayam and Kuwait’s Al-Anbaa newspapers.
The US military command for the Middle East, CENTCOM, said separately that Iran had fired seven ballistic missiles. Six were intercepted and the seventh failed to reach its target, according to CENTCOM.
According to Al-Ayam, citing Bahrain’s Foreign Ministry, the missiles were fired at dawn toward Bahrain and Kuwait. Manama denounced a violation of its sovereignty and accused Tehran of threatening Gulf security, amid heightened tensions around the Strait of Hormuz.
In Kuwait, Al-Anbaa reported that the army’s General Staff said it had confronted hostile missile and drone attacks. The newspaper also said civil aviation authorities temporarily suspended air traffic, with several flights diverted before operations resumed.
The latest salvo came three days after an attack on Kuwait International Airport that killed one person and wounded more than 60 others.
CENTCOM had then rejected Iranian claims that the damage was caused by a US interceptor missile, saying Iran had struck the civilian airport with drones in a “deliberate” and “unjustified” attack.
CENTCOM also said it had carried out “self-defense” strikes against Iranian sites in Goruk and on Qeshm Island, near the Strait of Hormuz, after Iranian drone launches in the area.
Since the war triggered on February 28 by US and Israeli strikes against Iran, Gulf monarchies, seen as rear bases for US forces, have been regularly targeted by drone and missile attacks launched by the IRGC or by pro-Iranian factions in Iraq.