At dawn Wednesday June 3 Iran fired ballistic missiles and drones at US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain and at a vessel near the Strait of Hormuz. The attack killed one person and caused significant damage to Kuwait International Airport (the Terminal 1 passenger building), which suspended flights. The US military said it "successfully defeated" the attacks - two missiles fired at Kuwait fell short or broke apart en route and three at Bahrain were intercepted - and carried out self-defense strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island after a US missile disabled a Botswana-flagged tanker heading to an Iranian port. A direct kinetic escalation to attacks on Gulf states while the memorandum sits unsigned.
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- Evidence Strength
Strong
- Evidence Observed At
- Jun 3, 2026 · 6:00 AM UTC
- Citation
- https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/6/3/iran-war-live-us-strikes-irans-qeshm-says-tehran-attacks-kuwait-bahrain
- Citation Source
aljazeera
- Geopolitical Event Date
- Jun 3, 2026