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Mar 17, 2026
Kuwait City [Kuwait], March 17: Kuwait's Ministry of Interior announced today that the competent security authorities, following precise and intensive security monitoring and surveillance operations, succeeded in uncovering and arresting a terrorist group affiliated with the banned terrorist organisation "Hezbollah" that aimed to destabilise security in the State of Kuwait and recruit individuals to join the terrorist organisation.
UAE announces temporary, partial closure of its airspace as an exceptional precautionary measure
GCC strongly condemns continued heinous Iranian attacks on UAE, other GCC states
GCAA: Air traffic operations return to normal across UAE Airspace
Fire breaks out at Fujairah Oil Industry Zone by drone attack, no injuries reported
Bahrain condemns continued Iranian attacks on UAE
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