DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Kuwait said Wednesday it had suspended commercial flights after an Iranian drone attack heavily damaged the country’s airport killed one person and caused injuries, hours after Iran and the United States traded missile strikes in the region.

The strikes came as semiofficial Iranian news agencies said Tehran had stopped communicating with mediators about extending a ceasefire in the war with the US and Israel. US President Donald Trump disputed that claim and said talks were continuing.

Exchanges of strikes in the Gulf region and the broadening Israel-Hezbollah war in Lebanon are adding strain to efforts to end the war with Iran.

Iranian drone strike hits Kuwait’s main airport

Defense Ministry spokesperson Brig. Gen. Saud Abdulaziz Al-Otaibi said that “a number of hostile drones” had targeted Kuwait International Airport’s passenger building, severely damaging the building and injuring “a number of individuals.”

Later, Kuwait’s Foreign Ministry said at least one person had been killed and others wounded.

The airport only reopened on Monday after closing in February due to the Iran war. State media reported that Kuwait Airways was suspending its operations until further notice.

Kuwait has suspended commercial flights after an Iranian drone and missile attack hit the T1 building at its International Airport, causing injuries and severe damage, Kuwait's General Civil Aviation Authority said. pic.twitter.com/4XhpAxvPWl — Ariel Oseran أريئل أوسيران (@ariel_oseran) June 3, 2026

Kuwait has suspended commercial flights after an Iranian drone and missile attack hit the T1 building........

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