Friendly Fire Incident in Kuwait Signals Escalating Gulf Conflict, Spooking Investors

U.S. Central Command confirmed all six aircrew ejected safely. This incident occurred as U.S. military officials raised the death toll of American service members to six, with two previously unaccounted for service members' remains recovered following Iran's initial attacks.

Iran has been retaliating with missiles and drones against U.S. bases and other sites across the Gulf, including Israel, the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Jordan, in response to U.S.-Israeli attacks that reportedly killed senior Iranian officials. President Trump warned of further American casualties in the pursuit of regime change in Iran.