UK to send Rapid Sentry air defense system to Kuwait, PM’s office says

Britain will deploy its Rapid Sentry air defense system to Kuwait to help protect British and Kuwaiti interests in the Gulf, Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office said on Friday, after an overnight Iranian drone attack on a Kuwaiti oil facility.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Starmer discussed the deployment in a call with Kuwait’s Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah al-Khalid al-Sabah on Friday morning, a Downing Street spokesperson said.“The Prime Minister began by condemning the reckless overnight drone attack on a Kuwaiti oil refinery,” the spokesperson said. “He reiterated that the UK stands with Kuwait and all our allies in the Gulf.”Read more:Kuwait, Qatar deny radiation leak rumors, say levels normalKuwait says Iran hit and damaged oil refinery, desalination plant, no injuries reported

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