Houthis fire at Israel as Kuwait airport hit by drones
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels fired missiles at Israel for the first time since the start of the Iran war; This increases the risk that the conflict, which is in its fifth week, will spread further across the region.
Speaking before the attack, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the US expects to conclude military operations within a few weeks, but the Houthis said they would continue their operations until the “offensive” on all fronts ends.
Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian met with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, whose government hosted a meeting with Turkish and Saudi foreign ministers on Sunday in a bid to ease regional tensions.
But there is no immediate sign of a diplomatic breakthrough yet, and the war launched by the US and Israel attacking Iran on February 28 has spread across the Middle East, killing thousands and hitting the world economy with the biggest ever disruption to global energy supplies.
We have repeatedly said that Iran does not engage in preemptive strikes, but we will retaliate strongly if our infrastructure or economic centers are targeted. To the countries of the region: If you want development and security, do not let our enemies wage the war from your lands.— Masoud Pezeshkian (@drpezeshkian) March 28, 2026
On Saturday, Israel said it had launched a wave of attacks on Tehran, targeting infrastructure facilities that the military said belonged to the Iranian government.
The missile also hit targets in Lebanon, where it has resumed its war against Iran-backed Hezbollah, killing three Lebanese journalists and a Lebanese soldier in an attack on a media vehicle, Lebanon’s al-Manar TV reported.
Iran continued its attacks on Friday after striking an air base in Saudi Arabia, wounding 12 US military personnel, two seriously, in one of the most serious breaches of US air defenses ever.
Kuwait International Airport was targeted by multiple drone strikes on Saturday, causing serious damage to the radar system but causing no casualties, state news agency KUNA reported, citing the country’s Civil Aviation Authority.
The official’s spokesman later said the attacks were carried out by Iran, its proxies and armed groups it supports.
Meanwhile, Kuwait’s fire brigade said that a fire that broke out in fuel tanks at the airport on Wednesday, following an earlier drone attack, was extinguished after 58 consecutive hours of operations, KUNA reported on Saturday.
Israel, which regularly faced missile attacks from the Houthis before the war, confirmed that missiles were fired at it from Yemen.
No casualties or damage were reported.
Israel has targeted Iran’s nuclear infrastructure and the head of Russia’s state nuclear company Rosatom, which has suspended staff from its Bushehr nuclear power plant on the Gulf coast, said the attacks threatened nuclear security.
Pezeshkian said Iran would “retaliate strongly if our infrastructure or economic centers are targeted.”
“To the countries of the region: If you want development and security, do not allow our enemies to wage war on your lands,” he said.
Although Iran says it is not negotiating with the United States, Pakistan, Egypt and Türkiye are relaying messages between the warring parties.
Two people familiar with the back-channel efforts expressed skepticism that direct talks would occur anytime soon.
Missile attacks were also reported in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain on Saturday, and fires were reported after a missile was intercepted near Abu Dhabi’s Khalifa Port, one of the Gulf’s main deep-sea container ports.
At least five people were killed in a US-Israeli attack on a settlement in the northwestern Iranian city of Zanjan, according to Iranian media reports early on Saturday.
According to media reports, Iran University of Science and Technology in Tehran was hit.
An Iranian missile hit the Israeli village of Eshtaol near Jerusalem.
The Israeli ambulance service said seven people were taken to hospital.
