"I've been here since 2018, and I've never felt unsafe in Kuwait at all", Mr McAllister said. Last week, he was away for mid-term with his wife, Marlene, and his almost eight-month-old daughter, Elena, in Egypt. But less than 24 hours after they returned home from their holiday, sirens heralded the threat of missile strikes. "There was a really loud explosion, and then all the WhatsApp groups started going, and everyone was like, what's that, what's going on, did everyone hear that?" When asked if he would consider leaving, Mr McAllister said it was "early days", and he hoped things would "settle down".
