00:16Explosions in Kuwait on a Thursday night. Air defense systems lit up the sky and the Kuwaiti
00:24military confirmed it was under attack by hostile drones. Not one, not a handful, 28 in a single wave
00:33just 24 hours before. Kuwait is now pointing fingers directly at Tehran. And Iran? Iran says
00:41it had nothing to do with it. Here's what we know. On the evening of April 9, 2026, Kuwait's military
00:49and National Guard reported hostile drones entering Kuwaiti airspace and targeting, not
00:55empty desert, vital national facilities. One National Guard military site was directly hit.
01:02Buildings damaged. No casualties reported, but this was not a close call. This was a strike.
01:09And it didn't come from nowhere. This is part of a wave, a pattern. Gulf states have been on high
01:16alert throughout 2026 as tensions between the U.S. and Iran simmered, flared, and officially reached a
01:23fragile ceasefire. A ceasefire that is now looking very fragile indeed. 28 drones, Kuwait National Guard
01:32site hit. No casualties reported. Kuwait did not mince words. The foreign ministry came out swinging,
01:39calling this a direct violation of Kuwaiti sovereignty and airspace, and naming Iran and its
01:45proxies explicitly. That's not diplomatic language. That's an accusation. They also made a pointed
01:53remark. These attacks are undermining the U.S.-Iran ceasefire. The timing, the target list, critical
02:00infrastructure, energy, water, military. This reads like a pressure campaign. But here's the nuance that
02:07matters. According to Al Arabiya and regional reporting, the drones were not launched from Iranian soil.
02:14They were launched from Iraq. That points to Iran-aligned militias, proxies, operating across
02:20the border. It's the kind of deniable proxy warfare that has defined this region for decades.
02:27The IRGC, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, responded fast. Their statement,
02:33we launched nothing. We have conducted no attacks against Gulf states since the ceasefire. And then
02:40they said something that should make you raise an eyebrow. If we were to conduct such operations,
02:45we would announce them officially. Think about that for a second. It's almost a threat wrapped
02:50inside a denial. Iran is saying, when we attack, we take credit. So either this isn't us, or someone
02:58wants you to think it is. That's the proxy warfare playbook. Plausible deniability, maximum pressure,
03:05minimum accountability. The situation is still live. U.S.-Iran talks are still on the table.
03:11But attacks like this, whether from Tehran's hand or a proxy hand they're quietly guiding,
03:17don't happen in a vacuum. Kuwait is a U.S. ally, a Gulf Cooperation Council member,
03:23and someone just struck a military site inside its borders.
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