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US suspending operations at embassy in Kuwait

AL-MONITOR
Mar 5, 2026
Smoke rises from an area surrounding U.S. Embassy following a strike, amid the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, in Bayan, Kuwait, March 2, 2026, in this screengrab from a video obtained by Reuters.
Smoke rises from an area surrounding U.S. Embassy following a strike, amid the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, in Bayan, Kuwait, March 2, 2026, in this screengrab from a video obtained by Reuters. — VIDEO OBTAINED BY REUTERS

WASHINGTON, March 5 (Reuters) - The United States has suspended operations at its embassy in Kuwait City, the State Department said in a statement on Thursday, amid U.S. and Israeli strikes against Iran.

(Reporting by Bhargav Acharya; Writing by Daphne Psaledakis; Editing by Ryan Patrick Jones)

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