The Pentagon previously released the soldier's name but said a medical examiner had to confirm his identity.

Some expats in Kuwait are finding themselves trapped as they try to leave the country that has been under constant attack by Iran since Feb. 28, under a law introduced less than two years ago requiring foreigners to obtain exit permits from their employers.

President Donald Trump claimed the Iran war is already winding down with the U.S. prevailing, but on-the-ground reporting in Kuwait shows the conflict may be trending in the opposite direction.The 79-year-old president told supporters at a campaign-style rally in northern Kentucky that joint U.

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump participated in a dignified transfer on Saturday for six U.S. service members killed in Kuwait.

On March 1, 2026, three American fighter jets crashed in Kuwait under circumstances that appear to involve friendly fire from Kuwaiti defenses, while the region was engulfed in intense aerial exchanges involving aircraft,

Kuwait’s armed forces responded Thursday to a wave of hostile aerial threats that entered the country’s airspace, including drones that targeted Kuwait International Airport, the country’s defense ministry said.

The first American service members to die in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran were killed in an apparent Iranian drone attack on a makeshift office space in Kuwait, sources told CBS News.

Footage taken in Kuwait over the weekend appeared to show a US fighter jet crashing.

Sgt. First Class Cory Hicks was injured in the strike that killed six troops.

Iran struck Gulf infrastructure Sunday, hitting fuel tanks at Kuwait's airport and a desalination plant in Bahrain, with at least four reported dead in the region as Tehran pressed its campaign there into a second week.

Brent oil prices could spike above $100 per barrel if the Gulf Arab countries run out of storage space and shut down production, according to JPMorgan.