A drone struck the Ali Al Salem air base in Kuwait hosting Italian and U.S. forces, destroying an aircraft shelter but causing no injuries, Italy’s military said Sunday.
Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani sought to play down the attack, the second on an Italian base in the Middle East this week, saying he did not believe his country was being targeted.
Iran has been targeting countries housing U.S. bases in the region in retaliation against U.S.-Israeli strikes on its own territory that started on Feb. 28.
"This morning, Ali Al Salem base in Kuwait, which hosts American and Italian personnel and capabilities, was the target of a drone attack," the chief of Italy's defense general staff, General Luciano Portolano, said in a statement posted by the military on X.
It "hit a shelter housing a remotely piloted aircraft of the Italian Task Force Air (TFA), which was destroyed".
