Ankur Desai
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We know they've been doing that.
We know that three F-15s have also been shot down earlier on in Operation Epic Fury by friendly fire.
So we know that those F-15s from the 494th are in the region and they're on combat operations every day.
But I think it's important to...
to note here that whilst there are three US officials basically confirming that there has been a shoot down, we don't know why it's been shot down or how it's been shot down.
We don't know if it's from enemy fire.
We don't know if it's from friendly fire.
We don't know if there was a technical fault.
And the geolocation of the debris has not been corroborated yet.
But where I go back to open source channels, there is suggestion from open source that it's Kazakhstan province.
which is a province in Iran, which is literally right up to the Iraqi border.
So when you start joining the dots on this type of investigative work, the dots do kind of make sense.
There's also been combat search and rescue that have been put up and looking for the crew that would have likely ejected.
In another development, officials in Kuwait say an Iranian missile has damaged a power and desalination plant.
That comes as Donald Trump is threatening ever greater destruction, including striking power plants and bridges, unless Iran does a deal.
The escalation comes despite international law experts warning of serious violations by the US, Israel and Iran as civilian infrastructure is targeted.
First, here's our correspondent Katie Watson in Doha in Qatar on the latest there and across the UAE.
Yes, the Gulf nations have warned Iran against targeting water plants, as you mentioned there.
Is there a sense of growing anger in the region?
And what about the mood where you are, Katie?