Iran drone and missile attacks on Kuwait kill one person in passenger terminal at major airport

The attack on Kuwait included 13 ballistic missiles and 17 drones, with one drone striking the passenger terminal at Kuwait International Airport.

Published: June 3, 2026 10:09am

Iranian drone and missile strikes targeted Kuwait on Wednesday, injuring dozens and killing one person at Kuwait International Airport. 

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses the State of Kuwait's condemnation and denunciation, in the strongest terms, of the brutal and ongoing Iranian attacks using ballistic missiles and drones," the agency said in a statement posted on X

The attack on Kuwait included 13 ballistic missiles and 17 drones, according to the New York Times, and the Iranian drone strike on a passenger terminal at the airport killed an Indian resident living in Kuwait. 

"The Ministry stresses that the security of the State of Kuwait, its sovereignty, and the safety of its citizens and residents on its territory are a red line that cannot be crossed, affirming that the repetition of these aggressions represents an organized, aggressive approach, which the State of Kuwait will neither accept nor tolerate," the Ministry's wrote. 

 

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