BREAKING: Middle East live: seven Iranian missiles fired at Kuwait and Bahrain, six intercepted
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Featured Middle East Ongoing Published on: 06/06/2026 – 06:53 Modified on: 06/06/2026 – 07:20 Kuwait City photographed from the waterfront along the Gulf in Salimiyah, June 2, 2026. © Yasser al-Zayyat, AFP Iran fired seven missiles against Kuwait and Bahrain, the American army announced on Saturday, specifying that six had been intercepted and that the last had not reached its target. Follow our live stream. 06/06/2026 – 07:18 Iran fired seven missiles at Kuwait and Bahrain, six intercepted according to the American army Iran fired seven missiles against Kuwait and Bahrain, the American army announced, specifying that six had been intercepted and that the last had not reached its target. “Iran fired seven ballistic missiles towards Kuwait and Bahrain (…) according to the initial assessments, six were intercepted and a seventh did not reach its intended target,” the US military wrote on X, adding that there were no injuries in its ranks at this stage and denying any damage to any of its infrastructure in Bahrain. 06/06/2026 – 07:12Explosions near Kuwait airport and in Bahrain Explosions rang out near Kuwait airport as well as in Bahrain, AFP correspondents reported, shortly after the Iranian Revolutionary Guards claimed to have struck “enemy bases” in the region.”Repeated sounds of explosions were heard in areas close to Kuwait International Airport”, while “explosions and interceptions were heard” in Manama, where sirens were triggered, according to these two correspondents. 06/06/2026 – 07:07Iran: the Revolutionary Guards announce having struck “enemy” bases The Iranian Revolutionary Guards announced that they had attacked “enemy bases” in the region, after American bombings on radar installations in Iran. In a press release relayed by state television Irib, Iran’s ideological army claims that “enemy bases in the region were hit by missiles airborne”. Kuwait and Bahrain, two countries that host major US military bases in the Gulf, had previously issued air alerts. 06/06/2026 – 07:02 Air alert in Bahrain An air alert was triggered in Bahrain, the Gulf country’s Interior Ministry announced, after new American strikes in Iran and while Kuwait said it was attacked by missiles and drones. “The siren has sounded. Citizens and residents are urged to remain calm and go to the nearest safe place,” the ministry wrote on the social network Iran.”Kuwaiti anti-aircraft defenses are facing attacks from hostile missiles and drones (…) any explosion that could be heard is the consequence of the interception of hostile targets by the anti-aircraft defense”, wrote the army on radars in Iran after shooting down four Iranian drones which, according to Washington, threatened civilian maritime traffic in the region. American forces “shot down four drones (…) launched in the direction of the Strait of Hormuz”, which “represented an immediate threat to regional maritime traffic”, wrote on X the American Military Command for the Middle East (Centcom). “US forces then struck Iranian coastal surveillance radar sites in Goruk and Qeshm Island to defend against further attacks.” 06/06/2026 – 06:51 What to remember from yesterday Israeli strikes left seven dead in southern Lebanon Iran fired “warning missiles” against two American ships in the Arabian Sea, which the American army denied The American army said it had boarded a sanctioned oil tanker linked to Iran in the Indian Ocean An infant was killed by Israeli fire in Occupied West Bank and his injured parents 06/06/2026 – 06:49Hello everyone Welcome to this live dedicated to the war in the Middle East.
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