Sources: Reuters
Kuwait's Chief of the General Staff says that his forces have activated air defense systems to intercept missiles and drones. 2026-06-28
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy and Aerospace Force launch retaliatory strikes against Bahrain and Kuwait, including the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet, in response to the U.S. Central Command's (CENTCOM's) strikes against Iran near the Strait of Hormuz, which were in response to the attack on the Singapore-flagged container ship "Ever Lovely" in the strait. 2026-06-27
The Kuwaiti defense ministry says that the military intercepted seven Iranian ballistic missiles fired at the country. 2026-06-6
The U.S., Bahraini, and Kuwaiti militaries intercept ballistic missiles and drones fired by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps at U.S. military bases in Bahrain and Kuwait after a U.S. "self-defense" strike on Iran's Qeshm Island. 2026-06-2
An Italian MQ-9 Reaper is destroyed in an Iranian drone strike on Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait. 2026-03-15
Three Kuwaiti soldiers are injured after two drones struck Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base, damaging the facility. 2026-03-14
In a joint statement, the foreign ministers of Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates condemn the forced displacement and collective punishment in Gaza. 2023-10-26
The Kuwaiti Directorate General of Civil Aviation announces that all citizens who wish to travel, but who were fully vaccinated more than nine months ago, must receive a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine beginning on January 2. 2021-12-23
Kuwaiti authorities announce they arrested six members of an extremist network suspected of supplying funds and weapons, including rockets, to Daesh (Islamic State) militants. Four others are still being sought outside of the country. The group includes a Lebanese, an Egyptian, five Syrians, two Australians, and a Kuwaiti national. 2015-11-19
Voters in Kuwait go to the polls for a parliamentary election with the Opposition holding a boycott. The lowest voter turnout in the Kuwaiti election history is observed. 2012-12-1