Two fuel storage tanks at Kuwait International Airport were targeted in a drone attack early on Sunday, causing a fire and damage but no casualties, authorities said.
The tanks are operated by Kuwait Aviation Fuelling (Kafco), the airport's sole jet fuel supplier, which sources the fuel through pipelines from state-owned KNPC's 346,000 b/d Mina al-Ahmadi and 454,000 b/d Mina Abdullah refineries. Kafco supplies more than 1bn litres/yr (17,000 b/d) of fuel to commercial airlines, military flights and government agencies operating at the airport.
There was unspecified damage to property but no injuries were reported in initial assessments, state-owned news agency Kuna cited authorities as saying.
Earlier on Sunday, Kuwait's armed forces said air defences had intercepted three ballistic missiles that entered the country's airspace and responded to a wave of drones, including those that directly struck the airport fuel tanks.
The airport strike follows a previous drone-related incident in Kuwait on 28 February, when debris from an intercepted drone landed near Shuaiba port.
US and Israeli attacks on Iran starting on 28 February have triggered retaliatory attacks by Tehran on targets across the Mideast Gulf, including key energy facilities.
Kuwait's state-owned oil firm KPC said on 7 March that it had begun reducing crude production and refinery operations after oil exports were effectively halted by the war. It issued a force majeure on crude and refined product exports later the same day.
The headquarters of the Public Institution for Social Security in Kuwait was targeted in a separate incident early on Sunday, causing material damage to the building, the institution said.
