Newly obtained footage, verified by this newsroom, captures the precise moment an Iranian-made drone struck Kuwait International Airport in what appears to be a brazen act of aggression. The footage, timestamped at 0347 local time, shows a Shahed-136 drone diving into a hangar used for civilian cargo, causing a massive secondary explosion that sent fireballs into the night sky. Sources confirm the strike damaged a warehouse belonging to Middle East Cargo Services, a company with known ties to US defence contracts.
The Kuwaiti government has yet to comment, but a senior defence official, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed the drone's origin and warned of 'grave consequences' if Iranian involvement is proven. The attack killed at least nine people, including two ground crew members and a pilot for a British charter airline, according to airport logs uncovered by this investigation. The damage to Kuwait's main civilian airport, a hub for international travel and logistics, threatens to destabilise the region further.
Iranian state media dismissed the footage as 'fabricated propaganda', but the coordinates and flight path match signals logged by an EU radar station in Cyprus. This latest escalation comes just weeks after Tehran threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz, and intelligence reports suggest the drone launched from a base near Bandar Abbas. The White House has called for an emergency UN Security Council session.
This story is developing; the source behind the footage remains unknown, but the timestamp and metadata are being reviewed by independent analysts.
