Kuwait has experienced several terror attacks, including those carried out by Al-Qaeda and other acts of Islamic terrorism. Some terror attacks in Kuwait were associated with the

Gulf War The Gulf War was a 1990–1991 armed campaign waged by a Coalition of the Gulf War, 35-country military coalition in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Spearheaded by the United States, the coalition's efforts against Ba'athist Iraq, ...

and the subsequent American military support in Kuwait.

1970s

1974 attack on the Japanese Embassy in Kuwait On 6 February 1974, Palestinian militants occupied the Japanese embassy in Kuwait City, taking the ambassador and ten others hostage. The militants' motive was to support the Japanese Red Army members and Palestinian militants who were holding hosta ...

* June 17, 1976: The

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newspaper building was bombed. editorial offices were destroyed. Five people, including the editor-in-chief, were wounded.

1980s

*December 1983 - 1983 Kuwait Bombing were attacks on six key foreign and Kuwaiti installations. *May 1985 - A failed assassination attempt was made on Sheikh Jaber Al-Sabah, who was the emir of Kuwait at the time. * 1984-1988 Aircraft hijackings

1990s

Several terror attacks associated with the

and an assassination attempt on actor

Abdulhussain Abdulredha Abdulhussain Abdulredha ( ar, عبد الحسين عبد الرضا, ʿAbd al-Ḥussain ʿAbd ar-Riḍā; 15 July 1939 – 11 August 2017) was an iconic Kuwaiti actor. Background Abdulredha was born in Derwazat Al Abdulrazzaq, Al-Awazem villag ...

for an anti-Iraq theatrical play. KuwaitiOilFires-STS037-152-91-(2)

2000s

*October 8, 2002 - Faylaka Island attack, in which two

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

i citizens with ties to

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attacked a group of unarmed

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conducting a training exercise on a Kuwaiti island, killing one before being killed themselves. *October 10, 2002 - Two gunmen with ties to Al-Qaeda open fire on an American

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. *November 21, 2002 - Two American contractors with Tapestry Corporation were wounded while driving a civilian vehicle when a Kuwaiti police sergeant opened fire at them at close range. *January 31, 2005 - Kuwait Police infiltrate a terrorist cell belonging to the Peninsula Lions in a

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apartment complex. Five terrorist members and a civilian bystander were killed. *August 11, 2009 - Kuwaiti authorities reported that they had arrested six individuals accused of planning attacks on U.S. troops stationed at Camp Arifjan. The six men allegedly belong to a terrorist group with ties to Al-Qaeda.

2010s

*June 26, 2015 - 2015 Kuwait mosque bombing - A bombing occurred during Friday prayer at masjid Imam al-Sadeq when a man was seen on surveillance cameras rushing into the masjid and then detonating himself. 27 people killed with 227 injured. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the bombing. *2017 - No terrorist incidents were reported in Kuwait in 2017, despite various attempts by

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