Kuwait said one person was killed and more than 60 people were injured in an Iranian drone attack on a passenger terminal at the country’s international airport on Wednesday, after a new round of strikes between the United States and Iran.

The fresh hostilities came as President Donald Trump said in an interview with The New York Post published Wednesday that Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, was involved in the negotiations to end the war and that he hoped to meet with him.

There was no immediate comment from Iranian authorities, and it was far from clear whether the hard-line ayatollah — who is believed to have been injured in the U.S.-Israeli strikes that began the war and has not been seen in public for months — would be willing to meet with Trump.

Even as the two sides negotiate over a framework to end the war and maintain that the ceasefire between them remains in effect, the United States and Iran have launched a series of attacks in recent days. The U.S. military has described its actions as self-defense, while Iran has said it is retaliating against U.S. attacks.

Kuwaiti authorities said Wednesday that the attack on Kuwait International Airport’s Terminal 1 had wounded at least 63 people.

Satellite imagery provided by Airbus DS from Wednesday morning showed damage to the roof of a terminal. That corresponded with the damage seen in video footage verified by The New York Times showing flames and smoke inside the terminal, with people rushing away from the large hole in the roof.

Kuwait’s Civil Aviation Authority said it had suspended flights and was diverting them to alternative airports. By early afternoon local time, some flights had resumed from a different terminal.

U.S. Central Command said in a statement that Iran had launched missiles and drones at two regional neighbors, Kuwait and Bahrain, as well as civilian mariners in nearby waters. Several projectiles failed in flight, it said, and others were intercepted.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said it had targeted the headquarters of the U.S. 5th Fleet in Bahrain and an American vessel it identified as the Panaya. U.S. Central Command said Iran’s Wednesday attacks targeting U.S. bases did not hit their targets.

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— U.S.-Israel relations: Trump told the Post that he had used expletives in a recent phone conversation with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel but said they have a broadly positive relationship. “We’ve worked very well together,” he said, amid reports of splits between the two leaders.

— Israel-Lebanon talks: Israeli and Lebanese officials met in Washington on Tuesday for the first day of a new round of U.S.-mediated talks on ending the war in Lebanon, a conflict closely tied to the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran. Another round of talks is scheduled for Wednesday.

— Lebanon fighting: The Israeli military issued new evacuation warnings for parts of southern Lebanon, where it has continued to target the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah. At least six people were killed in Israeli strikes near the southern city of Tyre, according to Lebanon’s state-run news agency.

— Market reaction: Oil prices rose Wednesday as military strikes in the Middle East cast doubt on efforts by Iran and the United States to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil and gas shipping route.

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This article originally appeared in The New York Times.

By Leo Sands, Vivian Nereim and Yan Zhuang/Daniel Berehulak
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