Kuwait military says responding to missile, drone attacks

Kuwait's military said on Wednesday its air defences were intercepting "hostile" missile and drone attacks.

The Gulf nation, a US ally, has been on the receiving end of Iranian attacks since the United States and Israel attacked Iran and killed its senior leadership in late February.

"Any sounds of explosions heard are the result of air defense systems intercepting these hostile attacks," the military said on X, without specifying their origin. 

Kuwait's state-run news agency KUNA reported that sirens were heard for the second time that night.

On Monday, Kuwait said it downed a volley of missiles and drones, and later its foreign ministry held Iran "fully responsible for these heinous attacks".

The US military's Central Command had said its forces "successfully intercepted two Iranian ballistic missiles targeting American forces based in Kuwait".

"These missiles were immediately defeated and no American personnel were harmed", it said in a post on X.

The US military said on Tuesday that it had "successfully defeated" a series of Iranian missile and drone attacks in the Gulf and conducted self-defense strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island.

"Iran launched several ballistic missiles toward regional neighbours; however, all failed to hit their intended targets," US Central Command said in a statement. 

"Two Iranian missiles fired at Kuwait fell short or broke apart enroute, and three missiles launched at Bahrain were immediately intercepted by US and Bahrain air defense forces."

The US military also shot down three attack drones that had been launched by Iran "toward civilian mariners that were rightfully transiting regional waters," Centcom said.