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Power, desalination plant, and oil sector complex damaged: Kuwait

Published: 05:04 AM,Apr 05,2026 | EDITED : 09:04 AM,Apr 05,2026

A Kuwaiti woman holds her phone displaying an alert message as sirens sound during an Iranian missile or drone attack in Kuwait City
 
A Kuwaiti woman holds her phone displaying an alert message as sirens sound during an Iranian missile or drone attack in Kuwait City


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.

Two power generation units were ​also taken out of service after Iranian drones targeted two power and water desalination plants, causing significant damage, Kuwait's electricity ‌and water ministry said on ​Sunday.

Kuwaiti state media, citing the finance ministry, said ‌an Iranian drone hit an ​office complex ⁠for government ministries, causing ​significant material damage but ‌no casualties.
No injuries were reported in any ​of ‌the ⁠incidents, according to Kuwaiti state media.
The latest attacks come as the ​U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, ⁠which is in its ​sixth week, broadens, with Tehran striking Israel and Gulf Arab states hosting U.S. military installations.
There ​was no official comment ​from Iran.