Kuwaitis gather at an exhibition of military equipment as they celebrate the country’s 61st Independence Day and the 31st anniversary of the end of the Gulf war with the liberation of Kuwait from Iraqi occupation, in Kuwait City, on February 25, 2022. (Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat / AFP) (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/AFP via Getty Images)
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Kuwait’s air defenses were activated Thursday in response to “hostile missile and drone threats,” according to a post from its armed forces on X.
The post did not say where the attacks were from, but added any sounds of explosions heard were the result of air-defense systems intercepting the attacks.
This comes as tensions in the Middle East escalated once again, with a U.S. official telling MS NOW on Wednesday that the military had carried out new strikes overnight in Iran.
The strikes were targeting a military site that was believed to pose a threat to U.S. forces and commercial maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.
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