Kuwait invoked Article 51 after Iran's heaviest barrage of the war. Saudi silence leaves the GCC's first formal self-defense claim legally isolated. May 29, 2026 KUWAIT CITY — Kuwait invoked its right to self-defense under Article 51 of the UN Charter on May 28, the first formal legal claim filed individually by a GCC member state during ninety-one days of war with Iran — and filed it alone, without a single Gulf partner willing to act alongside it. The invocation came hours after seven Iranian ballistic missiles, two cruise missiles, and twenty-six drones struck Kuwaiti territory in the heaviest single-day … Continue reading Kuwait Has 135 Allies at the Security Council and None in the Gulf