Explosions Reported Near Iraq–Kuwait Border Amid Drone Attack Claims – Video

Explosions were reported in the Iraq–Kuwait border area, with accounts describing sounds heard near Basra in southern Iraq and inside Kuwait. The Naya Telegram channel reported a drone attack and said explosions were heard from the Iraqi side near Basra. The reports remain unverified.

An unnamed security source in Kuwait quoted by Naya claimed that the attack involved Shahed-136 drones and that one had been shot down in the border area near Iraq, Kuwait and Iran.

According to the same account, an Iraqi army force was heading to the location to detonate the downed drone’s warhead. Those details could not be independently verified.

Some social media accounts said the explosion sounds originated on the Iraqi side and were heard in Kuwait, but the precise location and cause have not been established.

Separately, Kuwait’s military had previously announced live-fire exercises in the northwestern part of the country, scheduled from October 30 through November 3. The announcement preceded the latest explosion reports.

It remains unclear whether the reported explosions were connected to those exercises

The reports could not be independently verified.