Kuwaiti authorities have announced the reopening of their airspace a few hours after ordering its "temporary" closure due to "possible risks" linked to the attacks launched by Iran early Thursday morning against several US bases and interests spread across the region.
"The General Authority of Civil Aviation announces the return of air activity in Kuwaiti airspace to its normal state, after the disappearance of the circumstances that motivated the adoption of the previous preventive measures," the agency indicated in a statement disseminated on social media.
With this decision, "normal" operations have been restored at Kuwait International Airport, and flights have resumed according to scheduled times, maintaining "the continuation of immediate monitoring and evaluation of any developments that may arise," the Civil Aviation Authority stressed.
At the time of the closure, authorities explained that the measure responded to "Iranian attacks against the State of Kuwait" and the "possible risks this entails for civil air traffic in the region," after, according to the Kuwaiti Army, air defense systems had to act against "hostile aerial objects" detected during the night.
This is the second consecutive night in which the Iranian Revolutionary Guard has launched new waves of attacks against US bases and interests in Kuwait and other points in the region, which Tehran describes as a "response" to the "attack" carried out hours earlier by the United States Army against various targets in the territory of the Islamic Republic.
Regarding Kuwaiti territory, Iranian authorities have claimed to have hit at least the Ali Al Salem and Ahmad Al Jaber air bases, and have also stated that they attacked military facilities in Bahrain and Jordan, in the same way as the previous day.