ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq – Kuwait on Sunday reopened the main land border crossing with Iraq, after it came under drone strikes days earlier that forced it to temporarily close, a Kuwaiti official told Iraqi state media.

Kuwait’s military announced Thursday the Abdali border crossing had come under “repeated” drone strikes which caused material damage but no casualties. The strikes led to its temporary closure by Kuwait. 

Kuwaiti Interior Minister Fahad Yousef al-Sabah said in a press conference that the crossing will be reopened “within 48 hours” during a Friday visit to Basra, where he met with Basra Governor Asaad al-Eidani.

Abdali is the main land border crossing between Kuwait and Iraq. It links the Iraqi town of Safwan in Basra to Kuwait’s Al Jahra province.

Kuwait has repeatedly come under attack from Iran, as Tehran scrambles across the Middle East to target US interests in the region.

The US and Iran have exchanged strikes for more than ten consecutive nights, after Washington declared an end to a short-lived peace deal signed on June 17, accusing Tehran of violating the ceasefire.

The Ali Al Salem airbase, where the US has maintained a military presence, is located less than 40 kilometers south of the Iraqi border in the Al Jahra province.