The first American service members to die in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran were killed in an apparent Iranian drone attack on a makeshift office space in Kuwait, sources told CBS News.

The State Department also ordered nonessential staff in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan and Iraq to to leave amid further retaliation from Iran.

Footage taken in Kuwait over the weekend appeared to show a US fighter jet crashing.

"We're also learning that U.S. service members in Kuwait really had no opportunity to take cover before the makeshift operations center that they were in took a direct hit"

KUWAIT CITY, March 2 (Reuters) - Kuwait's ⁠air ⁠defences mistakenly shot down three U.S. F-15 ⁠fighter jets during active combat on Monday, U.S. Central Command said on Monday, describing it as an ​apparent friendly-fire incident during the conflict with Iran.

Separately, a drone attack hit the U.S. Embassy compound in the Persian Gulf state, as Iran continues to target American assets across the Middle East.

Kuwait said ​the two Kuwaiti ‌army personnel who were ​killed ​on Monday fell as ⁠a ​result of Iran's ​attacks against the country, the ​government media ​office said on ‌Tuesday, ⁠relaying its letter to the secretary ​general ​of ⁠the U.

In a March 2 Instagram post, Alyssa Ramos says she is attempting to cross into Saudi Arabia by land after she claims the U.S. government has been no help