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A man walks away after watching as a black plume of smoke rises from a warehouse in the industrial area of Sharjah City, United Arab Emirates, March 1, 2026, following Iranian strikes. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
June 7, 2026, 9:53 am
US considering using Iranian funds to help Gulf states rebuild, source says
US Treasury said preparing to assess damage inflicted by Iran; move could complicate peace talks, which have faltered on release of frozen Iranian funds
By David Lawder, Eman Abouhassira and Ahmed Elimam
Illustrative: Passengers arrive at Kuwait International Airport in Kuwait City on June 1, 2026, as the airport resumes operations following a phased reopening plan. (YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP)
June 3, 2026, 12:18 pm
1 killed in Iranian drone attack on Kuwaiti airport; flights suspended
Several injured and severe damage reported as fresh missile exchanges in the Gulf test ceasefire and efforts to reach a long-term deal
By Jon Gambrell and Samy Magdy
An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 14, preparing to make an arrested landing on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln on May 25, 2026. (AFP PHOTO / US NAVY / NAVCENT PUBLIC AFFAIRS)
June 1, 2026, 10:20 am
US and Iran exchange strikes amid fragile ceasefire, as talks to end war stall
American base in Kuwait targeted after US hits Iranian sites in response to downing of a US drone; Trump says Iran ‘wants to make a good deal’ as Tehran makes amendments to MOU
By Agencies
A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft pulls away from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft in the US Central Command area of responsibility May 21, 2026. (US Air Force/ Adriana Jordan-Alcaniz)
May 28, 2026, 12:08 pm
Ceasefire rattled as Iran targets 4 ships at Hormuz, US fires on Iran, which then targets US base
Official says US forces took action against drones after Iran fired on 4 ships trying to traverse Strait of Hormuz, triggering tit-for-tat volley apparently in Kuwait, which deployed air defenses against ‘hostile’ threats
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Construction site of the Mubarak al-Kabir port project on Bubiyan Island, Kuwait, August 20, 2011. (Gustavo Ferrari/AP)
May 12, 2026, 4:38 pm
Kuwait says it stopped armed Iranian team from attacking one of its islands
Authorities say six IRGC members tried to infiltrate Bubiyan Island in northwest corner of Persian Gulf on May 1 to carry out ‘hostile acts’; four were captured, two escaped
By AP
In this picture obtained from Iran's ISNA news agency on May 4, 2026, vessels are pictured anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas in southern Iran. (Amirhossein Khorgooei/ISNA/AFP)
May 7, 2026, 11:38 pm
US said hoping to resume Hormuz naval escorts as it awaits Iran’s response to peace offer
Project Freedom could renew after Saudi Arabia, Kuwait lift restrictions on US using its airspace, bases, WSJ reports; White House said expecting response to latest offer by Friday
By Lazar Berman, ToI Staff and Agencies
In this photo released on Feb. 18, 2026, by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, the head of intelligence for Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, Maj. Gen. Majid Khademi speaks in an interview in Tehran, Iran. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
April 6, 2026, 4:56 pm
Israel kills Islamic Guards intel chief, bombs largest Iranian petrochemical plant
Military also kills head of Quds Force’s clandestine Unit 840; Katz vows that Israel will ‘hunt down’ Iran’s leaders until the end; strikes hit airports used by IRGC
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and Nava Freiberg
Smoke is seen over the Neot Hovav Industrial zone in southern Israel after an Iranian missile attack on April 5, 2026. (Video screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 5, 2026, 4:55 pm
Iran hits Israeli industrial zone for third time, strikes critical energy infrastructure across Gulf
IDF investigating failure to intercept projectile that struck Neot Hovav, home to a toxic waste dump, causing damage but no injuries; regime targets civilian facilities in UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Sgt. Aviaad Elchanan Volansky (IDF)
March 27, 2026, 1:39 am
Israeli soldier killed, 4 wounded in southern Lebanon by Hezbollah anti-tank missile
Sgt. Aviaad Elchanan Volansky is 4th IDF soldier to be killed in current Lebanon op, after another fatality overnight; Lebanon to appeal to UN Security Council over Israeli attacks
By Emanuel Fabian and AFP
File: A representative of Qatar is seen on screens as he delivers a speech on human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran during a session of the UN Human Rights Council, in Geneva on March 16, 2026. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
March 25, 2026, 3:03 pm
Iranian strikes pose ‘existential threat,’ Gulf states tell UN rights council
Council weighing draft resolution condemning Tehran’s ‘egregious attacks’ on its neighbors; Iran urges unity ‘against the evil plans of our common enemy Israel’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: A Kuwaiti woman brandishes a Hezbollah flag during a protest against the Israel, in front of Kuwait's National Assembly, July 2006, in Kuwait City. (Yasser Al-Zayyat/AFP)
March 19, 2026, 5:50 am
Kuwait says 10 Hezbollah operatives nabbed for alleged plot to attack ‘vital installations’
Announcement marks second time this week that the Gulf state has arrested a cell affiliated with the Iran-backed Lebanese terror group
By AFP
An oil tanker is set aflame after being struck in the Gulf on March 12, 2026. (AP)
March 12, 2026, 2:13 pm
Iran hits 2 oil tankers in Gulf as IDF reports striking ‘critical’ nuclear site near Tehran
Iran fires 5 ballistic missile barrages at Israel Thursday, no injuries reported; Tehran’s strikes on Gulf continue as anxiety mounts over global oil supply; NYT: Cost of war’s first 6 days for US was $11 billion
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and Diana Bletter
Smoke rises from a high-rise building following a drone attack in Kuwait City on March 8, 2026 (AFP)
March 8, 2026, 8:50 pm
4 killed in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait as Iran says it’s attacking Gulf because it can’t reach US
Riyadh says projectiles hit residential area, killing an Indian and a Bangladeshi; 2 Kuwaiti border guards killed
By AFP and ToI Staff
A Muslim pilgrim drinks water after she casts stones at pillars in the symbolic stoning of the devil, the last rite of the annual Hajj, in Mina near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, June 7, 2025. (Amr Nabil/AP)
March 8, 2026, 4:48 pm
Oil built the Persian Gulf. Desalinated water keeps it alive. War threatens both
90 percent of drinking water in Kuwait comes from desalination, 86% in Oman and about 70% in Saudi Arabia; the infrastructure is endangered by missile and drone attacks
By ANNIKA HAMMERSCHLAG
Mourners carry a coffin with the remains of Iranian child Elna Abdullah Nea, who was killed during an Iranian strike on Kuwait, at the Sulaibikhat cemetery, west of Kuwait City, on March 4, 2026. (Yasser al-Zayyat/AFP)
March 7, 2026, 3:23 am
Heartbreak in Kuwait as 11-year-old Iranian girl killed in Iran drone attack
Elena Abdullah Hussein’s father says his daughter was sleeping at home when she was fatally struck by shrapnel: ‘She was a blessing from God’
By Khaled Salem
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