[76259] Escalation against the Iranian axis: US forces hit in Kuwait and another UAV shot down in Yemen

Escalation in the Middle East: US under repeated attacks

Regional tensions with Iran and its proxies marked a significant escalation this week with reports of an attack on a US Air Force base in Kuwait and the additional loss of an unmanned aerial vehicle in Yemen.

According to a Bloomberg report, as published on Ziv Rubinstein - Until the war ends, five American service members and contractors were injured on May 27 as a result of an Iranian-made "Fateh-110" missile attack on the Ali Al-Salem Air Base in Kuwait. The channel, which focuses on reports from various combat arenas, notes that this is a grave incident indicating the strike capabilities of militias supported by Tehran.

At the same time, in the Red Sea arena, NzivNet reported the downing of another American MQ-9 Reaper drone in the Marib province of Yemen on May 29. According to the report, the Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for the event and stated that they used a surface-to-air missile. The channel, identified with security analysis of the Middle East, emphasized the heavy economic toll of the campaign: "This year alone, American drones worth half a billion dollars have been shot down."

The events indicate a growing difficulty for US forces in the region to deal with aerial threats and precision missiles, which is leading to the attrition of valuable equipment and casualties at protected bases.