Aoun condemns Iranian attacks on Kuwait, Bahrain
President Joseph Aoun condemned Wednesday Iranian attacks on "civilian targets" in Kuwait and Bahrain.
The attack on Kuwait's airport wounded at least 63 people and killed an Indian national.
Health ministry spokesman Abdullah al-Sanad said 25 ambulances were dispatched at Kuwait International Airport, adding that "63 injured individuals were received and distributed among hospitals... This includes serious injuries... including head wounds, cerebral hemorrhages, amputations and injuries resulting from explosions."
Iran's Revolutionary Guards later claimed the attack, saying it was in retaliation for U.S. attacks on an Iranian oil tanker and island.
"In response to this aggression, the Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait, which hosts helicopters, as well as the headquarters of the U.S. Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, were targeted with missiles and drones by the Guards' forces," the Guards said in a statement on their official Telegram channel.
Source: Naharnet, Agence France Presse
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