Kuwait City: Two Kuwaiti power and water desalination plants were damaged by a drone attacks from Iran, the electricity and water ministry said on Sunday.
The attack resulted in “significant material damage and the shutdown of two electricity generating units”, the ministry said in a post on X, adding there were no deaths or injuries.
Earlier, the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation said a fire broke out in its Shuwaikh oil sector complex, which houses the oil ministry and KPC headquarters, after a drone attack, the Kuwaiti state news agency reported early on Sunday.
Kuwaiti state media, citing the f
inance ministry, said an Iranian drone hit an office complex for government ministries, causing significant material damage but no casualties, AFP reported.
An Iranian drone attack had also caused “significant” damage to a government building in Kuwait City on Saturday evening, a finance ministry statement said, adding there were no reports of deaths or injuries.
Staff from the several ministries housed in the complex would work remotely on Sunday and visits would be suspended, the statement said.
The latest attacks come as the US-Israeli war on Iran, now in its sixth week, broadens, with Tehran striking Israel and Gulf Arab states hosting US military installations.
There was no official comment from Iran.
Kuwaiti authorities swiftly activated emergency protocols to mitigate disruptions, with firefighting teams tackling the blaze at the Shuwaikh complex and engineers evaluating power grid impacts. Officials emphasized that essential services remain operational through contingency measures.