KUWAIT: Two former MPs yesterday said some Iraqi militia groups have charged that the US drone used to kill powerful Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani had taken off from Kuwait. Former MP Abdulhameed Dashti, who fled Kuwait to escape lengthy jail terms, advised Kuwait to send its foreign minister to Tehran to discuss the sensitive charges against Kuwait. Former Islamist MP Osama Al-Munawer warned the prime minister to remain vigilant towards the highly grave situation in the region, after an Iraqi militia directly accused Kuwait of involvement in the killing of Soleimani.

Meanwhile, HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah yesterday instructed coordination with sisterly and friendly countries over the recent regional developments, inviting military and security chiefs to a Cabinet meeting today. This came in a press statement given by the Head of the Center for Government Communication (CGC) and government spokesman Tareq Al-Mezrem following a high-level security meeting held in the context of the government's response to the latest situation in the region.

During the meeting, the ministers addressed the aftershocks of the recent regional happenings and weighed the current situation, the spokesman said, noting that the meeting is part of official meetings held over the past couple of days. Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sheikh Ahmad Mansour Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister, Interior Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Anas Al-Saleh, Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah, Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah and senior security officials attended the meeting.