Shafaq News-Basra
Iranianmissiles struck the Abdali border crossing between Kuwait and Iraq on Thursday,a security source in the southern Iraqi province of Basra toldShafaq News.
The missilescrossed Iraqi airspace before landing inside the Kuwaiti crossing, according tothe same source, who described the attack as retaliation for an earlierbombardment of the Shalamcheh area inside Iranian territory,which killed two people, including an armycaptain, and wounded 11, according to Iranian media outlets.
Kuwaitiauthorities closed the crossing following the strike.
TheShalamcheh crossing on the Iran-Iraq border came under missile attack earlyThursday, killing two people and wounding 11, according to the deputy governorof Iran's Khuzestan province, who attributed the strike to the United States. Iranian media reported the casualties were pilgrims traveling to Iraq forArbaeen commemorations. Iraqi authorities announced the resumption ofoperations at the crossing after a temporary halt.
Basraprovince sits at Iraq's southern tip, bordering Iran to the east and Kuwait tothe south. Shalamcheh, on the Iranian border opposite Basra city, is a maintransit point for Iranian pilgrims traveling to Shiite shrine cities in Iraq,while Abdali, in Kuwait's northern Al-Jahra province, is the principalland crossing for passenger and freight traffic with Iraq and faces the Iraqicrossing at Safwan.
