Middle East crisis The attacks

70 cars leave British air base after drone alert

The air raid alert at the British air base in Akrotiri in Cyprus sounded again on Monday morning after two drones were spotted heading towards the base, AFP reports.

The drones were shot down, according to a Cypriot official.

The alert led to the evacuation of the base and about 70 cars were seen leaving the area, according to the news agency's reporter. Most of the vehicles are said to have had civilian license plates.

The new air warning comes after the base was hit by an Iranian Shahed drone on Monday night.

Kuwait accidentally shot down three US fighter jets

Three US fighter jets have crashed in Kuwait after so-called "friendly fire". The US Central Command confirmed this at noon.

“During the ongoing combat – which included attacks from Iranian aircraft, ballistic missiles and drones – the US fighter jets were accidentally shot down by Kuwaiti air defenses,” the Central Command wrote.

The incident occurred at 05:00 on Monday morning, Swedish time.

In a video that CNN has verified, one of the planes, believed to be an F-15, is seen crashing near Ali Al Salem Air Base in central Kuwait. In another clip, a soldier is seen falling to the ground with a parachute.

All six crew members are said to have ejected and survived unharmed.

“We are grateful for the efforts of the Kuwaiti Defense Forces and their support in the ongoing operation,” the US writes.

555 Dead in Iran – Deaths in Several Parts of the Region

Since the Israeli and American attacks on Iran began this weekend, at least 555 people have been killed in Iran, the Iranian Red Crescent reports, according to several media outlets.

The entire region is in a state of unrest and the conflict in Iran has spread to large parts of the Middle East.

In the fighting that flared up in Lebanon, after the Iran-backed Shiite militia Hezbollah attacked Israel on Monday, at least 31 people are reported to have been killed and 149 injured.

Four members of the Iran-backed PMU militia were killed in an Israeli and American attack in Iraq.

Iranian retaliatory attacks have been directed at several countries in the Middle East. In Israel, at least ten people have been killed and around 200 injured since the weekend, writes CNN.

Three people have been killed in the United Arab Emirates, three American soldiers in Kuwait and one person in Bahrain.

The Middle East crisis — the point is this

• The US and Israel attacked Iran early in the morning of Saturday, February 28, Swedish time.
• Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the attack. A temporary council has taken over the government in Iran.
• Several high-ranking Iranian leaders, including the defense minister and the supreme commander of the Revolutionary Guard, are also reported to have been killed.
• Iran has responded with missile and drone attacks on Israel and American military bases in about a dozen countries in the Middle East.
• Both sides have promised to continue the attacks.
• The situation has resulted in severe disruptions in air traffic and oil trade. World stock markets have hiccupped. Electricity and gas prices are rising.
• Sweden has expanded its travel advice to the region. Thousands of Swedes are stranded in the Middle East after the airspace was closed.