From nowKuwait airspace closed amid Iranian attacksKuwait has closed its airspace after Iran announced new attacks on the gulf country, with officials saying some flights were being diverted to alternative airports.Flights had been circling outside Kuwait for some time before the announcement, after it said its air defences were firing at aerial targets.Kuwait International Airport took a direct hit from an Iranian strikes last week, with one person killed and dozens more wounded.Bahrain separately sounded its missile alert sirens on Thursday, after Iran said it was attacking the US navy’s fifth fleet which is headquartered in the country.And the US embassy in Jordan issued an alert, saying “reports indicate missiles, drones, or rockets are in Jordanian airspace.”Key eventsnowKuwait airspace closed amid Iranian attacks27m agoWelcomeThursday’s strikes are more evidence that Iran has the leverage in the negotiations with the Trump administration, according to Dan Shapiro, the former US ambassador to Israel.
double quotation markIt is Trump that is desperate for them to sign the agreement, as his statements reveal, and Iran that is dragging their feet.”
in a post online, Shapiro says that the strikes will reinforce for Iran that “time works in their favor.”
