Attack on Kuwait plant highlights Middle East’s critical vulnerability

The US-Israeli war on Iran risks a region-wide freshwater crisis if desalination infrastructure is compromised

Kuwait has accused Iran of carrying out a “heinous attack” on one of its combined power and desalination plants on Sunday. Like much of the Middle East, the nation depends heavily on industrial production to meet its freshwater needs.

What happened?

The purported Iranian strike killed one worker – an Indian national ...