Drone attacks in Kuwait airport, refinery in Iraq, Tehran denies

Kuwait’s civil aviation authority said late Saturday that several drones targeted the country’s international airport, damaging its radar system but causing no casualties.

In a separate incident, a drone strike sparked a fire at the Lanaz refinery in Erbil in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, local officials said. Operations at the refinery, built in 2008, were temporarily halted while authorities assess the extent of the damage.

On the other hand, Iran rejected any role in recent drone attacks on the Lanas oil refinery in Erbil and a radar installation in Kuwait, accusing the United States and Israel of carrying out the operations on Saturday (March 15).

A military source speaking to Tasnim News Agency described the attacks as a “false flag,” unconnected to Iran or resistance factions, noting that Washington and Tel Aviv target civilian and economic infrastructure that falls outside Iran’s strategic objectives.

Earlier today, a drone strike hit the Lanas oil refinery, triggering a fire that later forced the facility to shut down.