KUWAIT: The Cabinet is preparing to discuss a report from Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sheikh Khalid Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah tomorrow about national preparations amid the security developments in Iraq. The CabinetÂ’s weekly meeting is expected to end with instructions for the Interior Ministry to reinforce security at border checkpoints, especially the northern Abdaly checkpoint in order to prevent infiltrators associated with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant from making their way in or out of Kuwait, said informed sources.The Cabinet is also expected to make a decision to send humanitarian aid to Iraqi refugees from cities controlled by ISIL troops, and coordinate with the Iraqi government and the rest of the Gulf Cooperation Council states in this regard, said the sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the matter.
This comes amid reports indicating that army intelligence sent a recommendation to the Kuwait Army General Staff Headquarters to raise the armed forces' level of alert to level 3, which requires that one third of forces from all sectors of the army must remain in their camps.
The army has meanwhile taken measures to maintain constant communication with the Directorate General for Border Security and the State Security Department in the Interior Ministry in order to stay updated about possible security breaches at the borders, according to sources quoted by Al-Anbaa daily yesterday. Army officials have already received updates regarding the latest developments following blasts on Friday in Safwan near the border with Kuwait, said the sources who were unnamed in the report.
The daily also reported that officials at the Safwan border checkpoint informed their Kuwaiti counterparts that they have stopped receiving passengers from all nationalities into Iraq starting from Friday until further notice.