Kuwait temporarily closed its airspace on Thursday because of an attack by Iran and Bahrain sounded its missile alert sirens. The US Embassy in Amman also warned about it. Kuwait's air defenses were engaging hostile aerial targets, the army said, while Bahraini air defenses intercepted and destroyed Iranian aerial attacks, a media adviser to Bahrain's king said on X. Kuwait diverted flights to alternative airports after the Iranian attacks in the region. "This measure comes in light of the Iranian attacks on the State of Kuwait and the potential risks this poses to civil aviation in the region," the Kuwaiti Directorate General of Civil Aviation said in a statement. "Airspace will be reopened and air traffic will resume as soon as the situation has ended and the causes of the danger have been eliminated, based on the assessment of the relevant authorities."
