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‘Let youths serve nation’ KUWAIT CITY, July 30: Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Acting Minister of Interior Sheikh Talal Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah directed to raise the registration age for those wishing to enroll in the honor of military service, such as officer cadets who hold a u
‘Let youths serve nation’ KUWAIT CITY, July 30: Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Acting Minister of Interior Sheikh Talal Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah directed to raise the registration age for those wishing to enroll in the honor of military service, such as officer cadets who hold a u
Kuwaiti women are angry after the military, having allowed female soldiers in combat roles, decided they need the permission of a male guardian and banned them from carrying weapons.
Women’s rights advocates have decried the policy as “one step forward, two steps back” after the Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense also decided that women in the armed forces, unlike civilians, must wear head coverings.
The moves have sparked an online backlash in Kuwait, usually regarded as one of the most open societies in the Persian Gulf.
“I don’t know why there are these restrictions to join the army,” said Ghadeer al-Khashti, a sports teacher
DUBAI, Feb 16: Two senior Cabinet ministers in Kuwait submitted their resignations to the prime minister Wednesday, citing political turbulence and the impossibility of reform in the country. In a joint statement to reporters, the country’s defense and interior ministers decried their inability to a