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The State Department also ordered nonessential staff in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan and Iraq to to leave amid further retaliation from Iran.
The first American service members to die in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran were killed in an apparent Iranian drone attack on a makeshift office space in Kuwait, sources told CBS News.
The Public Relations Department at Kuwait Municipality announced that 269 spring camps were removed on the first day of voluntary
Separately, a drone attack hit the U.S. Embassy compound in the Persian Gulf state, as Iran continues to target American assets across the Middle East.
The US defence secretary confirms a US military base was hit by an Iranian missile on Sunday.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, cited by state news agency KUNA, said Kuwait maintains its right to defend itself, underscoring the country’s defensive stance as a host of US military assets.
According to a statement by the U.S. Central Command, the downing of three U.S. fighter jets in Kuwait was a "friendly fire" accident.
Kuwait's Defense Ministry confirmed later in the morning that several American warplanes had crashed in Kuwaiti territory, but that the crews had survived. Kuwait's air defenses mistakenly shot down