The IAC between Iran and Kuwait was triggered on 28 February 2026 when Iran launched ballistic missiles at the Ali Al Salem Air Base, Camp Buehring, and Camp Arifjan located on the sovereign territory of Kuwait.¹‘Multiple Arab states that host US assets targeted in Iran retaliation’, Al Jazeera, 28 February 2026. Camp Arifjan is the US Army’s central headquarters and Kuwait hosts several critical US military sites, including forwarding bases servicing Iraq and Syria.²‘Where Are US Forces Stationed in the Middle East?’, Modern Diplomacy, 28 February 2026. Most missiles were intercepted by Kuwaiti air defence systems.³T. Bennett et al, ‘Luxury Dubai hotel hit as Iran launches retaliatory strikes across region’, BBC, 28 February 2026. Nonetheless, more than a dozen structures were damaged at Ali Al Salem Air Base, including four aircraft shelters and storage structures for military equipment. A fire broke out at Camp Buehring as a result of an Iranian Shahed-style drone attack, and at Camp Arifjan communications equipment was destroyed.⁴M. Kelly et al, ‘U.S. troops had little protection from drone strike that killed 6, imagery shows’, The Washington Post, 4 March 2026. In the same wave of initial attacks, an Iranian drone targeted Kuwait International Airport, resulting in minor injuries and material destruction.⁵‘Multiple Arab states that host US assets targeted in Iran retaliation’, Al Jazeera, 28 February 2026; M. Butt and A. Croft, ‘Iran-US war mapped as more countries dragged into widening Middle East conflict’, The Independent, 10 March 2026. Kuwait experienced daily drone, ballistic, and cruise missile attacks by Iran between 28 February and 10 April.⁶B. Rezaei et al, ‘Iran Update Special Report, April 10, 2026’, Institute for the Study of War, 10 April 2026. The IAC between Iran and Kuwait was ongoing at the end of the reporting period.

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  ‘Multiple Arab states that host US assets targeted in Iran retaliation’, Al Jazeera, 28 February 2026.
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  ‘Where Are US Forces Stationed in the Middle East?’, Modern Diplomacy, 28 February 2026.
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  T. Bennett et al, ‘Luxury Dubai hotel hit as Iran launches retaliatory strikes across region’, BBC, 28 February 2026.
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  M. Kelly et al, ‘U.S. troops had little protection from drone strike that killed 6, imagery shows’, The Washington Post, 4 March 2026.
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  ‘Multiple Arab states that host US assets targeted in Iran retaliation’, Al Jazeera, 28 February 2026; M. Butt and A. Croft, ‘Iran-US war mapped as more countries dragged into widening Middle East conflict’, The Independent, 10 March 2026.
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  B. Rezaei et al, ‘Iran Update Special Report, April 10, 2026’, Institute for the Study of War, 10 April 2026.