Kuwait has told the United States they will join the US-led maritime alliance in response to a series of attacks on oil tankers, a US military official said on Monday, Reuters reported.
The alliance said that Kuwait has already said it would join the alliance, and therefore it is a "matter of time."
A US-led military naval alliance in Bahrain began work on March 7 to protect shipping in the Gulf region with the participation of six countries, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Britain, Australia and Albania.