Several US military planes crashed in Kuwait on Monday and a column of smoke rose from the US embassy in the country, according to Kuwaiti authorities and AFP journalists on the third day of Iranian retaliation in the Gulf.
The embassy did not confirm whether its building was hit, but published a statement in which it asked “not to go” to the diplomatic legation. for “persistent threat of missile and drone attacks.”
Embassy staff are “confined to the place,” he added.
Kuwaiti authorities also announced that several US fighter jets have crashed in the country.
“We confirm that all crew members survived“said a spokesman for the Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense.
“Authorities immediately launched search and rescue operations, evacuated the crew and transported them to a hospital for medical examinations and treatment. Their condition is stable,” it says.
Three witnesses also saw smoke rising over a power plant in the north of the country.
Kuwait National Petroleum Company claimed that debris fell on the Mina Al Ahmadi refinery, one of the most important in the country, and two workers were injured.
Dana Abas, an engineer who lives in Kuwait City, admitted to AFP that she was worried and rushed to stock up on essential products.
Since Saturday, five people have died in the Gulf, all of them foreign nationals: one in Kuwait, three in the Emirates and one in Bahrain.
On Monday morning, new explosions were heard in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha and Manama.
The Iranian attacks, which have targeted military bases but also civilian infrastructure such as residential buildings, hotels, airports and seaports, have shaken a region long considered a haven of peace and security in the Middle East.
