Kuwait Arrests Members of Terrorist Financing Network

Kuwaiti authorities have dismantled a sophisticated “terrorist financing network” connected to a banned political party, the country’s Interior Ministry announced on October 16, 2025. 

According to state security agencies, the group was using a pharmacy within a private hospital as a front to funnel money and smuggle pharmaceuticals abroad to support illicit activities. 

The network’s operatives were arrested after months of surveillance and intelligence gathering. Investigators discovered that the cell was channeling funds and medicines outside the country in support of a politically outlawed organization, with attempts to destabilize Kuwait’s internal security and public order. 

Notably, the illicit scheme used the guise of a hospital pharmacy to conceal its true operations. This allowed the network to mask financial flows and smuggling operations under the cover of medical supplies distribution. The Interior Ministry said the arrests yielded evidence of direct involvement in financing terrorist agendas. 

Officials emphasized that Kuwait has not faced an internal terrorist incident since 2015, when a suicide bombing targeted a Shiite mosque in the capital. Regardless, the government asserted that it would hold perpetrators fully accountable under national law. In its statement, the ministry reaffirmed that safeguarding stability, public safety, and national security remain top priorities.

The crackdown comes at a time when Gulf states are increasingly vigilant about undermining financial networks that seek to support extremist groups. Kuwaiti authorities have pledged ongoing vigilance and will continue to pursue anyone seeking to weaken the country’s stability or aid banned organizations.