Smoke rises from an area of Kuwait's international airport after a reported drone strike on April 1, 2026. AFP
"National Bank of Kuwait will close its headquarters and Subhan branch today, Wednesday, and tomorrow, due to current developments and in the interest of everyone's safety and business continuity," the bank said in a statement carried by state news agency Kuna.
NBK, one of Kuwait's largest banks, also closed a branch in the industrial area of Subhan, home to security and government facilities and close to the airport, which has been targeted repeatedly by Iran.
Earlier on Wednesday, Kuwait's civil aviation authority said the airport had been targeted in an Iranian drone attack that led to "a large fire" at fuel tanks.
"Kuwait International Airport has been subjected to blatant attacks by drones launched by Iran and the armed factions it supports," the official Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) quoted the spokesman of the General Directorate of Civil Aviation as saying.
The spokesman, Abdullah Al-Rajhi, said "fuel storage tanks... were targeted, resulting in a large fire at the site", reporting no casualties.
On Monday, an Iranian strike on a power and water desalination plant in Kuwait killed one Indian worker and damaged a building at the site, the Gulf state’s electricity ministry said.
However, Iran denied any involvement in the strike the desalination plant in Kuwait, calling it an Israeli provocation meant to falsely accuse the Islamic Republic.
The oil-rich Gulf states have borne the brunt of Iran's attacks in response to the US-Israeli strikes that sparked the war.
Elsewhere in the Gulf on Wednesday, Bahrain's interior ministry said a fire broke out at a business facility "as a result of the Iranian aggression".
Saudi Arabia's defence ministry said several drones were "intercepted and destroyed".
Qatar said on Wednesday that a tanker leased to its state-owned energy company was struck by an Iranian missile in the Gulf country's territorial waters.
"Qatar was targeted... by three cruise missiles launched from Iran," the Gulf state's defence ministry said in a statement.
Qatar's military "intercepted two of the cruise missiles, while the third missile struck an oil tanker leased to QatarEnergy in Qatar's territorial waters," it said.
"Coordination was established with relevant authorities to evacuate the tanker, which had 21 crew members on board, without any human casualties," the defence ministry added.
On Tuesday, Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) said an Iranian attack sparked a fire on a Kuwaiti oil tanker at Dubai Port, causing no injuries.
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