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A US service member who had been missing since Iran shot down a fighter jet has been rescued, President Donald Trump wrote in a social media post early Sunday.

Washington | US President Donald Trump said that a US service member who was missing since Iran shot down a fighter jet has been found in a rescue involving “dozens of aircraft.”

The crew member had been missing since Friday, when Iran downed a US F-15E Strike Eagle. A second crew member was rescued earlier.

Trump wrote that the aviator is injured but “will be just fine,” adding that he took refuge “in the treacherous mountains of Iran.”

Earlier, Trump warned Iran to open the crucial Strait of Hormuz by his Monday deadline as US officials said a service member missing after Iran shot down a jet has been rescued.

The war began with joint US-Israel strikes on Feb. 28 and has killed thousands, shaken global markets, cut off key shipping routes and spiked fuel prices. Both sides have threatened and hit civilian targets, bringing warnings of possible war crimes.

Here is the latest:

Drone attack strikes government office complex in Kuwait

Kuwait's Finance Ministry said Sunday's drone attack resulted in “significant damage” to its office complex in Kuwait City.

It said no casualties were reported.

Iranian drone attack takes out water desalination plant and 2 power plants in Kuwait.

Kuwait's Electricity Ministry said in a statement Sunday that damage to the facilities was “significant.”

The ministry said the attack resulted in two power generation units being taken out of service.

No injuries were reported.

Bahrain's petroleum company says an Iranian drone set fire to one of its storage tanks

BAPCO Energies said in a statement Sunday that the fire was extinguished and that no injuries were reported.

It said emergency response teams responded immediately in close coordination with authorities to contain the fire.

It added that damage to the storage facilities is now being assessed.

Iran executes 2 men who took part in the January protests

Mizan Online, a media outlet for Iran's judiciary, said on Saturday that Mohammad Ami Biglari and Shahin Vahedparast had been convicted on charges of taking part in an attack on a military facility, setting fire to it and attempting to reach its arms depot.

It said the two men were hanged after the country's Supreme Court upheld a lower court death sentence.

A crackdown on nationwide protests in January resulted in the deaths of thousands of people and the arrest of thousands more.

Rescues were kept secret to avoid risk to the operation

US President Donald Trump said the United States didn't confirm the rescue of the first aviator from the F-15 fighter jet that was shot down in Iran on Friday “because we did not want to jeopardise our second rescue operation.”

In his social media post early Sunday, Trump said the second aviator “was behind enemy lines in the treacherous mountains of Iran, being hunted down by our enemies, who were getting closer and closer by the hour.”

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