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The Government of Kuwait warned this Wednesday about the death of two members of its Armed Forces, as well as "dozens of wounded", due to attacks perpetrated by Iran since last Saturday, although it did not specify when the deaths occurred.
"These attacks have been indiscriminately directed at civilian areas, in a flagrant violation of the country's sovereignty and airspace," stated the Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a press release circulated on social media.
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In the text, Kuwait explains that it sent this information through a letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, as well as to the presidency of the Security Council of the organization. The country also warned that "its right to self-defense under Article 51 of the United Nations Charter is inherent" and that "it may take the measures it deems appropriate to protect its territory, airspace, and people." Last Sunday, six U.S. reservists lost their lives in Kuwait following the explosion of an Iranian drone. According to an official U.S. statement, the incident is still under investigation to determine the exact circumstances that led to the explosion and the death of the military personnel, while operations in the region remain under strict security measures. The attack occurred on Sunday at the port of Shuaiba, where a U.S. tactical operations center is located. The drone hit the establishment after evading air defenses, according to Central Command. The statement from the Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not specify which attack their two servicemen died in. In the twelfth wave of attacks on US targets, Iran launched attacks with 26 drones and 5 ballistic missiles at Kuwait, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, and the Strait of Hormuz, according to the Revolutionary Guard on its Telegram account. Kuwait, one of the U.S.'s allied countries, has hosted a key U.S. military presence for decades for operations in the Middle East, which has made its ports and logistical facilities a sensitive point within the current confrontation. The United States and Israel launched a series of joint attacks against Iran on Saturday, in which the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in power since 1989, and a large part of the military leadership of the Islamic Republic died. Iran has vowed to avenge the death of Jameneí and, so far, has attacked Israel, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait, among other allies of the United States that maintains military bases in those countries.
