• Iran’s Revolutionary Guard attacked the Kuwaiti island of Bubiyan; six armed men approached the island on a fishing boat.
  • Two men fled during a shootout with security forces, while four were arrested and confessed to belonging to the Revolutionary Guard.
  • Bubiyan Island is located in northern Kuwait on the border with Iraq, and China is building a major port there as part of its ‘New Silk Road’ initiative.
  • According to a Wall Street Journal report, the United Arab Emirates carried out attacks on an Iranian refinery on Lavan Island in April, previously unknown.