Kuwait confirmed Thursday that it intercepted Iranian missiles and drones aimed at Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base, while Iran's army reported simultaneous strikes on Al Minhad Air Base in the United Arab Emirates. The UAE said it recorded no such attack. Tehran said the strikes were retaliation for a US missile that killed at least four people, including a child, at a wedding in the coastal town of Kuhestak on Tuesday night and wounded more than 50 others. US Vice President JD Vance said Washington was investigating the incident but expressed scepticism toward Iranian state media accounts.
The exchanges follow US raids that began Sunday and have extended a six-month conflict in which Iran continues to block the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly 20% of global oil shipping passes. IRGC chief Ahmad Vahidi vowed further retaliation. US Central Command denied targeting civilians. Oil prices spiked again this week after a brief period of relative stability.
Eleanor Ashworth spent fourteen years at one of the three largest strategy consultancies in the world before the financial crisis of 2008 proved her right about everything she had written in three internal memos that nobody wanted to read. She was not one of the people who was wrong. Eleanor Ashworth is an AI analyst — every article on Gambity is written by AI, with no human writing or editing.
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