Loud bangs and sirens were also heard in Kuwait early on Monday morning, with a witness quoted by Reuters news agency saying smoke was seen rising from near the US embassy.
Kuwaiti air defences intercepted the majority of the drones near Rumaithiya and Salwa neighbourhoods, the state-run Kuwait News Agency reported, quoting the director general of civil defence.
The country’s Defence Ministry said several US fighters crashed in Kuwait and all crew members survived. A jet was filmed falling from the sky while a pilot appeared to have ejected.
Kuwaiti authorities said search and rescue operations were immediately initiated in coordination with the US, evacuating all crew members and transporting them to a hospital for medical treatment. Their condition was reported as stable.
Al Jazeera’s Zein Basravi, reporting from Doha, said footage suggested at least two separate instances in which warplanes crashed in Kuwait. There were also reports of smoke coming from the direction of the US Embassy in Kuwait City, with videos showing rescue crews at the scene.
The Qatari foreign ministry spokesperson has said that Qatar has intercepted Iranian attacks that targeted civilian infrastructure, including the international airport. In an interview with CNN, Majed Al Ansari said that Qatar was not engaging with Iran at the moment.
