title: 2018 in Kuwait
text: # 2018 in Kuwait
  
  Events in the year 2018 in Kuwait.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * Emir: Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
  * Prime Minister: Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah
  
  ## Events
  
  * January to May – A diplomatic crisis developed between the countries of Kuwait and the Philippines over concerns of the latter over the situation of Filipino migrant workers in Kuwait.
  * May 29 – Kuwait blocks draft United Nation Security Council US sanction attack on Israel.
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * 7 January – Meshary Al-Arada, singer and composer (b. 1982).
  * 12 August – Frayha Al-Ahmad, Kuwaiti royalty (b. 1944).
  * 25 September – Ismail Fahd Ismail, novelist (b. 1940).
  