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Middle East crisis live: US launches new round of airstrikes to ‘swiftly punish’ Iran after American troops killed
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation and Kuwaiti authorities reported that an oil facility and a water desalination plant were hit during Iranian strikes.
Key takeaways
- An oil facility and a water desalination plant in Kuwait were hit by Iranian strikes
- Kuwait depends on desalination for 90% of its drinking water
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation and Kuwaiti authorities reported that an oil facility and a water desalination plant were hit during Iranian strikes. This marks the second attack against a desalination plant in two days in Kuwait, a nation that relies on desalination for 90% of its drinking water.
In their words
“They did it because they don’t want to see Iran have a nuclear weapon”
“utterly worthless and devoid of credibility”
By the numbers
- 90%
- Kuwait's reliance on desalinated water for drinking water
- 16
- US service members killed since the war began
- 50
- People killed in US attacks since early July
- 8
- Kurdistan Freedom party members wounded in drone strike
How it unfolded
- US strikes hit road connecting Roudan and Bandar Abbas
- Iran targets Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Kuwaiti infrastructure
- US launches new airstrikes; sirens sound in Amman
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Common questions
- What happened with United States?
- An oil facility and a water desalination plant in Kuwait were hit by Iranian strikes
- Where can I read the original report?
- Read the full report at guardian_world.
