Kuwaiti air defences intercepted “hostile missile and drone attacks”, the military said Monday, as air raid sirens howled across the country, as the US and Iran continued to exchange messages on how to end the war.
“The General Staff of the Army wishes to advise that any sounds of explosions heard are the result of air defence systems intercepting these hostile attacks,” the Kuwait Army said in a post on its official X account.
KUNA, the state news agency, reported that air raid sirens rang across the Gulf nation, despite a US-Iran ceasefire in place.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they had targeted a base used by the United States military to strike Iranian territory.
The base’s location was not specified in the Guards’ statement, broadcast by IRIB and other state media.
US says struck Iranian radar and drone control sites
The United States struck Iranian radar and drone control sites over the weekend, its military said on Sunday.
“U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) conducted self-defense strikes on Iranian radar and command and control sites for drones in Goruk, Iran and Qeshm Island this weekend,” CENTCOM said in a post on X.
The strikes were in response to the shootdown of a US MQ-1 drone, it added.
Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi, pointing to the continuation of the process of talks and the exchange of messages between Iran and the United States to terminate the war through Pakistani mediation, emphasized that until this process reaches a specific result, it cannot be judged, and the speculations raised in this regard lack importance.
Araghchi, in an interview with the IRIB News Agency regarding the process of the latest negotiations between Iran and the United States, said: “Talks and the exchange of messages are still ongoing, and until they reach a specific result, one cannot judge them.”
He added: “Everything currently being raised about the negotiations in the media is in the form of speculation, and in my opinion, no importance should be given to these speculations until the matters reach a stage of certainty.”
US proposes Lebanon de-escalation plan
The US has put forward a proposal aimed at de-escalating hostilities in Lebanon, a US official told Al Jazeera, adding that Secretary of State Marco Rubio has held separate talks with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Under the “roadmap”, Hezbollah would halt all attacks on Israel in exchange for Israel refraining from further escalation in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, the official said.
The US proposal aims to create a conducive environment for a gradual de-escalation and a complete and comprehensive cessation of all hostilities, the official added.
