Kuwait air defences deal with 15 hostile drones on Saturday

March 28, 2026 / 9:19 PM

Sharjah24-WAM: Kuwait's Ministry of Defence announced on Saturday that it had detected and neutralised 15 hostile drones in the past 24 hours, some of which targeted Kuwait International Airport, causing significant damage to the radar system without any human casualties, Ministry's official spokesperson, Colonel Staff Saud Al Atwan, said during a media briefing on current developments and operational events amid the Iranian aggression towards Kuwait.

Kuwait Fire Force (KFF) announced on Saturday that its teams, with support from the Kuwait Army, National Guard and the oil sector, have fully extinguished a fire that broke out in fuel storage tanks that lasted for 58 consecutive hours at Kuwait International Airport following hostile drone attacks.

Brigadier Mohammad Al Ghareeb, Director of Public Relations and Media and official spokesperson for the Kuwait Fire Force, said during a media briefing on the latest field developments amid Iranian aggression against Kuwait that the damage was limited to material losses with no human casualties reported.