Visuals circulating on social media showed plumes of black smoke and flames billowing from the Al-Subiya facility
Iran on Sunday struck Kuwait’s Al-Subiya power generation and water desalination plant, causing a massive fire, as the United States carried out its ninth consecutive night of attacks on Iranian targets. Visuals circulating on social media showed plumes of black smoke and flames billowing from the Al-Subiya facility.
Footage from the Al-subiya Kuwaiti power station and water desalination plant struck by Iran today. pic.twitter.com/FelPIe4lWN
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Kuwait’s military said it intercepted a series of hostile missiles and drones that entered its airspace during the day, News18 reported.
“The armed forces have detected, since dawn today, hostile ballistic missiles and drones within Kuwaiti airspace, which have been intercepted and dealt with,” Major General Saud Abdulaziz Al-Otaibi, spokesperson for the Ministry of Defence, said. He further said, “The reprehensible Iranian aggression continues to target civilian and vital facilities in the country.”
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