ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A drone crashed Wednesday at Iraq's Grand Faw Port in the southernmost Basra province, causing no injuries or damage, local officials told Rudaw. The incident coincided with neighboring Kuwait reporting dozens of projectiles launched from Iran, including more than 30 unmanned aerial vehicles.
“Local authorities were notified on Wednesday morning after a drone crashed into the port’s container yard,”Faw Mayor Waleed al-Sharifi told Rudaw’s Mushtaq Ramadan, adding that the aircraft was “completely destroyed upon impact.”
Sharifi added that the incident “caused no damage to the port’s facilities and resulted in no casualties.”
Iraq’s Grand Faw Port is located on the tip of the al-Faw Peninsula, sitting directly across a narrow marine channel from Kuwait's Bubiyan Island.
The drone crash came just hours after Kuwait reported that dozens of Iranian projectiles had been launched toward its territory.
Kuwaiti Defense Ministry Spokesperson Colonel Saud Abdulaziz al-Atwan said in a Tuesday statement that the Sheikhdom's forces are "engaging hostile attacks resulting from the blatant Iranian aggression" against Kuwait.
The Sheikhdom’s defense ministry later in the day detailed that 33 drones, one ballistic missile, and five cruise missiles were launched by Iran at Kuwaiti territory.
Four Kuwaiti armed forces servicemen were injured, the ministry added, noting that after "receiving the necessary medical care and treatment, their condition is stable."
Teh statement came shortly after Iranian forces said Tuesday they launched a second wave of strikes on Kuwait and Bahrain, “in response to US strikes on "a number of our armed forces' coastal stations.”
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