Drone attack targets Kuwait airport, fuel tanks on fire: aviation agency

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Kuwait’s civil aviation authority has said the Gulf state’s international airport was under an Iranian drone attack today that led to “a large fire” at fuel tanks, AFP reports.

“Kuwait International Airport has been subjected to blatant attacks by drones launched by Iran and the armed factions it supports,” the official Kuwait News Agency quoted the spokesman of the General Directorate of Civil Aviation as saying.

The spokesman, Abdullah Al-Rajhi, said “fuel storage tanks… were targeted, resulting in a large fire at the site”, reporting no casualties.

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