A forgotten sliver of land in the far north of the Persian Gulf, Kuwait’s Failaka Island is home now mostly to camels. Its only town is a sprawling ruin pockmarked with bullet holes and debris from ...

KUWAIT, Feb 9 (KUNA) -- The Kuwaiti Army announced on Monday that it will conduct a joint live-fire exercise on Failaka Island on Tuesday. In a press statement, the Army stated that the maneuvers, ...

Photo feature by Ali Al-Rashidi KUWAIT, Jan 14 (KUNA) -- The Interior Ministry conducted a field exercise on Failaka Island on Wednesday aimed at searching for evidence in a challenging and remote ...

Investigations are ongoing to locate those linked to tuesday attack on U.S. soldiers on Failaka island, Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber ...

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Kuwait -- The National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters (NCCAL) announced on Wednesday the discovery of significant archaeological finds at Al-Qusur Monastery in the center of Failaka Island, ...

Failaka, previously Ikaros, the ancient island off the coast of Kuwait, recalls an oracle decades after the Gulf War left it deserted. Nature guards the island's ruins, animals roam it awaiting to be ...