The Kuwaiti army said on Wednesday it was responding to missile and drone attacks, after Iran threatened retaliation for a wave of US strikes. "Kuwaiti air defenses are currently engaging hostile missile and drone attacks," the army said on X. "The General Staff of the Army notes that any explosions heard are a result of air defense systems intercepting hostile attacks." Bahrain also sounded missile alerts. "The siren has been sounded," the interior ministry said on X. "Citizens and residents are urged to remain calm and head to the nearest safe place." Kuwait's Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy said on Wednesday that power had been restored to all residential areas affected by outages caused by a number of overhead lines going out of service. The ministry said supply had been restored after teams completed work to re-feed the affected areas from the electricity grid. The ministry had said earlier that several power transmission lines had gone out of service, causing electricity outages in scattered areas of the country. It said teams were working under an approved emergency plan to determine the cause and restore supply. Separately, Bahrain's Electricity and Water Authority said it had dealt with a limited power outage in several areas of the kingdom and that service had been fully restored to all affected areas, according to state news agency BNA.
