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Kuwait alleges that Iran attacked an island hosting a China-funded port before Trump’s Beijing trip
Kuwait said four suspects were detained after the team of six tried to reach a China-funded port project and one security official was wounded.
- On Tuesday, Kuwait accused Iran of sending six Revolutionary Guard members to infiltrate Bubiyan Island on May 1, leaving one security official wounded and resulting in four detentions.
- Bubiyan Island hosts the Mubarak Al Kabeer Port, under construction as part of China's "Belt and Road" initiative, which Iranian forces previously attacked during the regional war.
- The accusation surfaces as U.S. President Donald Trump travels to Beijing to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping this week; Beijing faces energy supply risks from regional instability as a major buyer of Iranian crude.
- Meanwhile, prosecutors in Bahrain announced Tuesday that two dozen individuals received prison sentences for espionage and conspiring with the Revolutionary Guard, targeting alleged Iran-linked cells.
- U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee noted that Israel deployed Iron Dome batteries to the United Arab Emirates and stated he was "very optimistic" that additional nations will soon join the Abraham Accords.
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Kuwait Accuses Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps of Sending Armed Infiltrators to Island
Kuwait on May 12 accused Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of launching a failed attack earlier this month on an island where the Chinese communist regime is helping build a port in the oil-rich Middle East nation. In a statement posted on X, Kuwait’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs wrote that the Iranian regime must “immediately and unconditionally cease its unlawful hostile acts that threaten the security and stability of the region …
·New York, United States
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Kuwait captured four IRGC-linked operatives who infiltrated their territory, Foreign Ministry says
Kuwait condemned the IRGC's actions, decrying them as a hostile infringement upon their sovereign territory, while demanding that the Islamic Republic of Iran halt its hostile acts.
·Jerusalem, Israel
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