Overview
- Kuwaiti officials said Iranian drones struck the passenger terminal at Kuwait International Airport on Wednesday, killing one person, wounding dozens and forcing a temporary closure that left some flights diverted.
- U.S. Central Command said it downed multiple drones and described Iran’s salvo of missiles and drones toward Kuwait and Bahrain as deliberate, and U.S. forces struck an Iranian ground control site on Qeshm Island in response.
- Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps denied responsibility for the airport damage and blamed a U.S. interceptor malfunction, while Tehran’s foreign minister said talks with Washington showed “no tangible progress.”
- Separate from the Gulf exchanges, Russian forces launched a large aerial campaign against Ukrainian cities on June 2 that killed civilians and exposed gaps in Ukraine’s air defenses.
- Washington’s politics are feeling pressure: the U.S. House passed a symbolic resolution to curb the president’s authority for military action in Iran, and regional shipping and energy flows face renewed disruption if the ceasefire collapses.