Iran War Live Updates: Drone Barrage at Kuwait Airport Kills One and Injures Dozens

NY Times-June3rd2026

Video footage verified by The New York Times showed fire inside Kuwait’s international airport. The attack was part of one of the biggest assaults on a Gulf nation since the U.S.-Iran cease-fire was announced in April.

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Leo Sands Vivian Nereim and Yan Zhuang

Here’s the latest.

A barrage of Iranian missiles and drones targeted Kuwait early Wednesday, killing a civilian and injuring dozens of others at the country’s international airport, the Kuwaiti authorities said, in one of the biggest strikes on a Gulf nation since the U.S.-Iran cease-fire took effect in April.

The attack, which included a drone strike on an airport passenger terminal, appeared to show that Iran retained the ability to inflict damage in the region as talks with the United States on a long-term peace agreement drag on without resolution. The Iranian authorities did not immediately comment on the attack, but Gulf countries have been targeted in thousands of Iranian strikes since the war began.

The fresh hostilities came as President Trump said in an interview with The New York Post published Wednesday that Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, was involved in the negotiations to end the war and that he hoped to meet with him. It was far from clear whether the hard-line ayatollah — who is believed to have been injured in the U.S.-Israeli strikes that began the war and has not been seen in public for months — would be willing to meet with Mr. Trump.

Even as the two sides negotiate over a framework for a longer-term truce and maintain that the current cease-fire between them remains in effect, the United States and Iran have launched a series of attacks in recent days. The U.S. military has described its actions as self-defense, while Iran has said it is retaliating against American attacks.

The Kuwaiti authorities said on Wednesday that the attack on Kuwait International Airport’s Terminal 1 had killed an Indian resident of the country and wounded at least 63 people. The attack on the country included 13 ballistic missiles and 17 drones, the Kuwaiti authorities added in a statement.

Satellite imagery provided by Airbus DS from Wednesday morning showed damage to the roof of a terminal. That corresponded with the damage seen in video footage verified by The New York Times showing flames and smoke inside the terminal, with people rushing away from the large hole in the roof.

Kuwait’s Civil Aviation Authority said it had suspended flights and was diverting them to alternate airports. By early afternoon local time, some flights had resumed from a different terminal.

U.S. Central Command said in a statement that Iran had launched missiles and drones at Kuwait and Bahrain, as well as civilian mariners in nearby waters. Several projectiles failed in flight, it said, and others were intercepted.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said it had targeted the headquarters of the U.S. Fifth Fleet in Bahrain and an American vessel it identified as the Panaya. U.S. Central Command said Iran’s Wednesday attacks targeting U.S. bases did not hit their targets.

Here’s what else we’re covering:

U.S.-Israel relations: Mr. Trump told The Post that he had used expletives in a recent phone conversation with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel but said they have a broadly positive relationship. “We’ve worked very well together,” he said, amid reports of splits between the two leaders.
Israel-Lebanon talks: Israeli and Lebanese officials met in Washington on Tuesday for the first day of a new round of U.S.-mediated talks on ending the war in Lebanon, a conflict closely tied to the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran. Another round of talks is scheduled for Wednesday.
Lebanon fighting: The Israeli military issued new evacuation warnings for parts of southern Lebanon, where it has continued to target the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah. At least six people were killed in Israeli strikes near the southern city of Tyre, according to Lebanon’s state-run news agency.
Market reaction: Oil prices rose on Wednesday as military strikes in the Middle East cast doubt on efforts by Iran and the United States to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil and gas shipping route.