{
  "id": 3183281,
  "title": "Once its saviour, US puts Kuwait in Iran's crosshairs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/once-its-saviour-us-puts-kuwait-in-irans-crosshairs-3183281",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-25T02:30:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
    "slug": "al-monitor",
    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/08/once-its-saviour-us-puts-kuwait-irans-crosshairs"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Like many Kuwaitis, Salem Al-Ghanem still vividly remembers Iraqi tanks rolling through his hometown when his small Gulf state faced extinction had US troops not liberated it from invasion. Now, decades later and six months into the US-Iran war, some are seeing those same American troops as more of a liability than an asset, as their presence has put Kuwait in Tehran's line of fire.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "Once its saviour, US puts Kuwait in Iran's crosshairs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/once-its-saviour-us-puts-kuwait-in-irans-crosshairs",
        "published": "2026-08-25T02:22:34.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}