US EditionKuwait airport, Bahrain desalination unit struck as Iran presses Gulf attacks
Iran launched over 100 missiles and drones, targeting vital infrastructure including fuel tanks at Kuwait Airport and a desalination plant in Bahrain, impacting water supplies to 30 villages, officials said.
- On March 8, 2026, Kuwait's defence ministry said fuel tanks at Kuwait International Airport were targeted in a drone attack, while Flightradar24 showed planes circling before partial operations resumed.
- As the week-old war intensified, Iran vowed to press on with strikes as the conflict began on February 28, 2026, killing at least 1,230 people in Iran, officials say.
- Bahrain's defence authorities said they intercepted 92 missiles and 151 drones since the aggression began, while Kuwait's Air Defenses are currently responding to hostile missile and drone threats.
- The Bahraini Interior Ministry said an Iranian drone damaged a desalination plant, impacting water supply in 30 villages.
- Strategically, approximately 400 desalination plants in Gulf states produce about 40 percent of the world’s desalinated water, while the Strait of Hormuz remains a vital 33-kilometre-wide transit route.
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Iran is firing a desalination plant in Bahrain, which could be the beginning of a strategy that the Gulf states would meet at their most vulnerable point.
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Iran has attacked several countries in the Gulf region. A drone attack on Bahrain injured 32 people. Four people, including children, were killed.
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