📝: Kuwait is a logical target for Iran to escalate against.

Of all the Gulf states it seems to be the most willing to allow the US to conduct attacks from its soil, and pre-war it hosted more American forces than any other GCC country.

The Kuwaitis seem less willing than Qatar and the UAE to work with/bribe the Iranians, and Kuwait is a larger threat than Bahrain. It's the logical staging ground for an airborne operation against targets in the Western end of the Persian Gulf, like Kharg.

It should be possible for the Iranians to destroy its power grid, desalination plants, and oil infrastructure, and render any American bases there useless in a reasonable timeframe while only expending SRBMs and drones.

If you wanted to categorize Gulf states into tiers based on their posture towards Iran you could break it down like:

Friendly to Iran: Oman

Willing to cooperate in a limited way, willing to restrain the US in some capacity or bribe Iran: Qatar, UAE, KSA (maybe)

Outright hostile, totally subservient to the US/Israel: Kuwait, Bahrain

Iraq is its own special case and Jordan could go in the hostile category if you consider it a "Gulf state"

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🇮🇶🤝🇺🇸🇬🇧 Iraq inks $60bn in energy deals with US, British oil majors

US envoy Tom Barrack has said Iraq will be at the forefront of a new 'strategic alliance' with Washington and its allies

US and British energy firms signed multiple agreements with the Iraqi government on 17 July on oil and gas projects worth $60 billion, as Baghdad moves closer to the US and seeks to develop alternative energy export routes to the Strait of Hormuz.

"We are using an open-door policy," Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi stated at a ​US-Iraq business summit at the US Chamber of Commerce in Washington.

"Everybody who has a project can ⁠come and talk to us. We will not make it difficult for anyone," Zaidi added.

Iraqi officials met with US energy, healthcare, and technology companies during the summit to sign dozens of non-binding agreements and memorandums of understanding.

Iraq is seeking alternative routes to export its oil after Iran effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz in response to the US-Israeli war on the Islamic Republic, which began in February.

The closure caused Iraqi oil exports to collapse by up to 90 percent, creating a budget crisis for Baghdad, which relies on crude revenue to fund 90 percent of its budget.

On 13 July, Iraq reached a deal with the Syrian government to build a 500-mile pipeline from the oil-rich city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq to the port city of Baniyas on Syria's Mediterranean coast.

Among the agreements signed by Iraqi officials on Friday was a deal allowing Chevron to export oil from Iraq's West Qurna 2 and Nassiriya oilfields.

Jake Spiering, a Chevron president of corporate business development, said the Houston-based oil major will also invest in the pipeline between Kirkuk and Baniyas.

ConocoPhillips officials said they will purchase a 42 percent stake in a subsidiary of British energy major BP, Energy of Kirkuk Ltd, to redevelop four producing oilfields in northern Iraq.

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🇺🇸⚔️🇮🇷 Overnight US strikes hit critical transport infrastructure in southern Iran.

Damage:
— Shahid Mirzaei Tunnel (Glogah) — blocked in both directions.

— Two bridges beyond the gorge — bombed.

— Outbound Minab intersection bridge — struck.

— Shur River bridge on Bandar Abbas–Sirjan route — destroyed.

At least 3 killed, 8 wounded in Hormozgan province.

This is night 7 of US strikes systematically cutting road links between Bandar Abbas, Minab, Rudan, and Sirjan — isolating the Strait of Hormuz coast from inland supply routes

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