Did Iran shoot down a US fighter jets over Kuwait?
Iran claimed it shot down a US fighter jet near the Kuwaiti border, though Middle East Eye could not independently verify the claim.
Mogadishu (Somali Report) - A number of American fighter jets crashed in Kuwait on Monday amid the US-Israeli war on Iran.
The cause of the crashes is not yet clear.
Iran claimed it shot down a US fighter jet near the Kuwaiti border, though Middle East Eye could not independently verify the claim.
The Kuwaiti defence ministry said all pilots ejected safely and that it is coordinating with US forces to determine the circumstances of the incident.
Authorities also launched search and rescue operations, evacuated the crews, and transferred them to hospital, where all are reported to be in stable condition.
Preliminary reports indicated that at least one of the aircraft was an American-made F-15 fighter jet.
Local residents reported seeing at least two pilots eject from one of the falling aircraft before it crashed.
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A video, geolocated near Al Jahra, Kuwait, along Highway 70, about 4.5 miles from the crash site, shows one of the pilots descending with his parachute.
The F-15 is a US-developed fighter jet widely used by air forces around the world for air superiority and strike missions.
Earlier today, Kuwait News Agency, citing a military official, reported that the nation's air defences intercepted several "hostile" drones approaching the capital.
Brigadier General Mohammad al-Mansouri said Kuwait Air Defence Force personnel neutralised a "majority" of the drones as they approached the areas of Salwa and Hawally, in the vicinity of Kuwait City, Kuwait News Agency reported.
The drones were not attributed to any country.
The crashes come amid ongoing US and Israeli strikes in Iran that have sparked regional tensions.
Iran has launched hundreds retaliatory missile and drone attacks on Israel and what it calls US assets in Arab states.
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