Kuwait has reopened its airspace and resumed normal flight operations after temporarily suspending civilian air traffic following reported Iranian attacks, according to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
The DGCA said on Thursday the conditions that had prompted the precautionary measures no longer existed and that operations at Kuwait International Airport had returned to normal.
Earlier, Kuwait had closed its airspace and activated air defences, while Bahrain reported that sirens had sounded across the island kingdom and urged residents to seek shelter.
"This measure comes in light of the State of Kuwait being subjected to sinful Iranian aggressions, and the potential risks that may result from this on civil aviation traffic in the region," the DGCA said on X.
Iranian armed forces earlier said they had attacked the two neighbouring Gulf states in response to overnight US strikes on targets in Iran. Both Bahrain and Kuwait host US military bases and are located only a few hundred kilometres from Iranian territory.
Iranian state media said a regional US Navy headquarters in Bahrain had been targeted with kamikaze drones, with the attack reportedly aimed at Patriot air defence systems.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had attacked two US air bases in Kuwait and one in Bahrain, saying a total of 18 targets had been targeted.
