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Kuwait arrests 10 Hezbollah-linked operatives plotting attacks on vital infrastructure
·Kuwait City, Kuwait
Kuwait's interior ministry announced the arrest of 10 Kuwaiti citizens affiliated with Iran-backed Hezbollah, accused of plotting "terrorist" actions against the country's vital infrastructure. Bloomberg reported this was the second such arrest set in Kuwait that week. The cell was dismantled before any attacks were carried out.
Kuwait's interior ministry announced the arrest of 10 militants affiliated with the Iran-backed Lebanese Hezbollah group, accused of plotting terrorist actions against "vital installations" in Kuwait. The arrests occurred on Wednesday, March 18.
Bloomberg reported that this was the second group linked to Hezbollah arrested in Kuwait that week, indicating a broader security sweep against Iranian proxy networks. The arrests come amid heightened Gulf-wide security as Iran wages its energy campaign against Gulf states.
Kuwait has maintained a formally neutral stance in the conflict but has faced Iranian-linked drone attacks on its airport radar system (March 15). The Hezbollah cell's apparent mandate to strike Kuwaiti infrastructure — likely oil, gas, or power facilities — underlines the depth of Iranian proxy infiltration in Gulf states previously considered outside the direct strike envelope.
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Hezbollah cell in Kuwait thwarted before executing infrastructure attacks. Second arrest set in Kuwait this week signals active IRGC-Hezbollah proxy network operating inside Gulf states.
IRGC proxy operation in Kuwait exposed. Hezbollah cell tasked with attacking vital Kuwaiti infrastructure — consistent with IRGC doctrine of activating regional proxies as the Gulf energy campaign escalates.
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