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The US embassy in Kuwait is closed “until further notice” according to a post on its X account, citing “ongoing regional tensions”.
The embassy says that “we have cancelled all regular and emergency consular appointments”.
On Monday, the US State Department urged Americans in many parts of the Middle East – including Kuwait – to leave now via commercial means due to “serious safety risks”.
Three US fighter planes crashed in the country on Monday in an “apparent friendly fire incident”.
The closure of the Kuwaiti embassy comes after the US embassy in Riyadh was attacked by two drones overnight.
Israel launches fresh strikes on Tehran and Beirut on day four of Iran war
On the fourth day of the US-Israeli war with Iran, here are the latest developments:
- Israel has launched a fresh wave of “extensive airstrikes” on what it calls “military targets” in Tehran and Beirut
- The US embassy in Riyadh has been hit by two drones, according to the Saudi Ministry of Defense, causing a “limited” fire
- Iranian state media says a command and staff building at a US air base in Bahrain has been destroyed
- An Iranian official has threatened to “set fire” to any ships trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz – a key route for global energy supplies
- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said yesterday “the hardest hits are yet to come” from the US military on Iran. He was speaking after Donald Trump called Saturday’s strikes “the last, best chance” to eliminate “threats” from Tehran
- Six US service members have been killed since the war began. Three US fighter jets were shot down yesterday in Kuwait an “apparent friendly fire incident” – the crews survived
- Yesterday, UK PM Keir Starmer told MPs he “does not believe in regime change from the skies”. But he is allowing the US to use British military bases for “defensive” strikes on Iranian missile sites
As for what happens next? “It is way too soon to have any idea of when or how the war will finish,” says the BBC’s international editor Jeremy Bowen.
