Kuwait mourns two officials killed as Iran war rages

March 9 (Reuters) - Kuwait held a military funeral on Monday for two interior ministry officials ​it said were killed “while performing their ‌duty”.

The state - which hosts U.S. military installations and has come under Iranian drone and missile fire ​during Tehran’s war with Israel and ​the U.S. - said the two men died ⁠early on Sunday, but did not ​go into further details.

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Kuwait’s army separately said ​areas near the international airport were hit on Sunday and its forces had intercepted missiles and ​drones.

The Interior Ministry said on Sunday ​it mourned “the martyrs of duty, Lieutenant Colonel Staff Abdullah ‌Emad ⁠Al-Sharrah and Major Fahad Abdulaziz Al-Mejmed, from the General Administration of Land Border Security, who were martyred at dawn”.

The funeral ​in Sulaibikhat ​Cemetery was ⁠led by First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh ​Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah, along with other ​senior ⁠figures.

Authorities there say five people have been killed since the start of the ⁠Iran ​crisis, including four military personnel ​and a young girl, and dozens have been wounded.

Reporting ​by Ahmed Hagagy; Editing by Andrew Heavens

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