Kuwaiti security forces in front of the Shiite Al-Imam al-Sadeq mosque after it was targeted by a suicide attack during Friday prayers on June 26, 2015, in Kuwait City. (Credit: AFP)
On Bubiyan, a large island in Kuwait separated from Iran by a strip of Iraqi territory, Kuwaiti authorities say they intercepted on May 1 a group of Iranian Revolutionary Guard commandos attempting to land there aboard a fishing boat. Two months earlier, during Iranian strikes on the country amid a regional war with the United States and Israel, the Interior Ministry announced it had thwarted assassination plots targeting government leaders and dismantled four cells linked to Hezbollah, allegedly composed of Kuwaitis, Lebanese, and former nationals who had lost their citizenship.These incidents come at a time when the hardline wing of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which is growing in influence and seeking to raise tensions in the region to pressure Washington, is allegedly considering stirring unrest among its neighbors with significant...
On Bubiyan, a large island in Kuwait separated from Iran by a strip of Iraqi territory, Kuwaiti authorities say they intercepted on May 1 a group of Iranian Revolutionary Guard commandos attempting to land there aboard a fishing boat. Two months earlier, during Iranian strikes on the country amid a regional war with the United States and Israel, the Interior Ministry announced it had thwarted assassination plots targeting government leaders and dismantled four cells linked to Hezbollah, allegedly composed of Kuwaitis, Lebanese, and former nationals who had lost their citizenship.These incidents come at a time when the hardline wing of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which is growing in influence and seeking to raise tensions in the region to pressure Washington, is allegedly considering stirring unrest among its neighbors with...