Kuwait claims it foiled attack by 'group affiliated with Hezbollah'

In a statement released on X, the Kuwaiti Interior Ministry announced that the country’s State Security Agency had foiled a “terrorist plot” targeting “vital facilities in the country” which had been prepared by a group affiliated with Hezbollah.

“Ten citizens belonging to a terrorist group affiliated with the banned terrorist organisation Hezbollah have been arrested. They had planned the operation in coordination with foreign entities and were seeking to pass on the coordinates of the targeted sites to them, posing a direct threat to the country’s security,” the ministry continued, without providing a specific timeline.

“Investigations revealed that the cell members had received training abroad in Hezbollah camps, including in the use of weapons and the operation of drones, as part of the preparation for these destructive operations aimed at undermining the state’s sovereignty, destabilizing the country and sowing fear within society,” the ministry added, stating that those arrested had confessed.