Several US military aircraft crashed in Kuwait early on Monday, but all crew members survived and were in stable condition, Kuwait’s Ministry of Defence said.
In a separate incident, smoke was seen rising near the US Embassy compound in Kuwait City, and fire trucks and ambulances were in the area, according to Reuters.
There were no responses to requests for comment on the embassy incident from the US Embassy in Kuwait or from the US State Department.
Kuwait intercepted hostile drones earlier on Monday, the third consecutive day of Iranian retaliatory strikes on neighbouring Gulf states in response to US and Israeli attacks on the Islamic Republic.
The Kuwait Defence Ministry statement, which the state news agency carried, said the crews from the crashed aircraft were evacuated and transferred to the hospital and were in stable condition.
It added that the response was carried out in coordination with US forces.
Iran’s state media cited the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as saying Iranian armed forces hit a US plane that crashed in Kuwait.
Online video verified by Reuters as being taken in the Al Jahra area of Kuwait showed a military aircraft falling from the sky and a person parachuting in the same shot.
The Kuwaiti statement did not specify how many aircraft were involved.
