Kuwaiti authorities said they had brought a fire under control at a fuel tank at Kuwait International Airport on Sunday morning (March 8). The news of the fire coming under control came minutes after Kuwait\u2019s Interior Ministry announced the deaths of two border security personnel this morning.
\nThe country\u2019s military said the airport\u2019s fuel tanks were targeted in a drone attack.
\nA spokesman for the Ministry of Defense told the military\u2019s X-Post that fuel tanks at Kuwait International Airport were targeted by drones, a direct attack on vital infrastructure. The spokesman said the armed forces were dealing with \u201cwaves of enemy drones\u201d violating the country\u2019s airspace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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