One killed and several wounded in Iranian attack on Kuwait’s international airport

Debris and fire in the aftermath of the Iranian attack on a passenger terminal at Kuwait’s international airport. Photograph: Social Media/Reuters View image in fullscreen Debris and fire in the aftermath of the Iranian attack on a passenger terminal at Kuwait’s international airport. Photograph: Social Media/Reuters One killed and several wounded in Iranian attack on Kuwait’s international airport US and Iran exchange more strikes across Gulf region, jeopardising efforts to secure a new ceasefire Middle East crisis – live updates Kuwait’s military said Iranian strikes that hit a terminal at its international airport caused significant damage, killed at least one person and wounded several others. The attack came as the US and Iran exchanged fresh missile and drone strikes, further jeopardising efforts to secure a new ceasefire agreement between Washington and Tehran. Overnight, US forces fired a Hellfire missile to disable a tanker trying to break through the American blockade of the strait of Hormuz and later said they had repelled Iranian reprisal strikes and attacked sites on Iran’s Qeshm Island. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had attacked the US Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain with missiles and drones in response to the strike on Qeshm, a claim the US military’s Central Command denied. The latest exchange of fire began when Centcom said it targeted an unladen tanker – the Botswana-flagged M/T Lexie – on Tuesday. Centcom said an aircraft fired a missile to disable the tanker’s engine as it passed through international waters toward Iran’s Kharg Island near Kuwait. Crew apparently ignored repeated warnings over a 24-hour period. Iran responded with the drone strike on a passenger terminal at Kuwait’s airport. View image in fullscreen Screenshot from US Central Command of a Hellfire missile fired at a tanker – the M/T Lexie – trying to break through the American blockade of the strait of Hormuz. Photograph: US Central Command Public Affairs/AFP/Getty Images Kuwait’s defence ministry spokesperson, Brig Gen Saud Abdulaziz Al-Atwan, described the attack as “criminal Iranian aggression which resulted in significant material damage to the building and injuries”. Kuwait’s state news agency said civil aviation authorities had suspended traffic and transferred incoming flights to alternative airports. A statement from Iran’s foreign ministry blamed Kuwait and Bahrain for the attacks on them, condemning what it called the “colonialist use by the United States of the territory and infrastructure of countries in the region to advance its aggressive plans against Iran”. It said the incident “emphasises the direct and unmistakable responsibility of the leaders of Kuwait and Bahrain for last night’s acts of aggression”. View image in fullscreen Kuwait’s defence minister, Sheikh Abdullah Ali Abdullah al-Salem al-Sabah, makes a hospital visit to a man wounded in the Iranian attacks. Photograph: Kuwait Army Ghq/X/Reuters US forces a