KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait arrested 10 militants affiliated with the Iran-backed Lebanese Hezbollah group on Wednesday, who were accused of plotting “terrorist” actions against vital infrastructure, the interior ministry said.
This was the second Hezbollah-affiliated cell to be arrested in Kuwait this week, as the Gulf faced daily Iranian attacks during the Middle East war, which has seen Tehran-backed groups including Hezbollah join the conflict.
“The State Security Agency has successfully thwarted a plot for a terrorist operation targeting vital installations,” the interior ministry said.
“Ten citizens, members of a terrorist group affiliated with the banned Hezbollah terrorist organization were apprehended,” it added.
The ministry shared a video of seized items including Hezbollah flags, small drones and pictures of Iran’s slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Hezbollah’s former leader Hassan Nasrallah, killed in an Israeli attack.
