Iran attacks Bahrain, Kuwait
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WASHINGTON, DC: Amid the renewed strikes between the United States and Iran despite the ongoing peace negotiations, a rumor began circulating on social media platforms claiming that President Donald Trump called Kuwait worse than Saudi Arabia in a social media post following an Iranian attack. Let us analyse and fact-check the viral claim.
Flights resumed Wednesday at Kuwait's main airport in Kuwait City after Iranian missile and drone strikes killed one person.
Kuwait has filed another protest with the International Civil Aviation Organization after attacks and repeated airspace violations linked to Iran disrupted airport operations and raised new concerns over civil aviation safety in the Gulf.
Iran attacked Kuwait and Bahrain, while diplomacy between Washington and Tehran showed little progress.
Kuwait briefly shut its main airport Wednesday after Iranian drones heavily damaged a passenger terminal building, killing an Indian national and wounding dozens.
Satellite imagery showed the destruction of the Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait as the Iran war seems to be intensifying once again