Overview
- Kuwait, which reported Sunday’s attacks, said Iranian drones struck the government ministries complex, an oil‑sector headquarters in Shuwaikh that caught fire, and two power and desalination plants that took two generating units offline with no reported injuries.
- The United Arab Emirates said its air defenses are engaging missiles and drones launched from Iran and reported intercepting hundreds since late February, with military and civilian deaths and more than 200 people wounded from many nationalities.
- Israel said it killed Mohammad Reza Ashrafi Kahi, a senior figure tied to the IRGC’s “Oil Headquarters,” near Tehran on Friday, and media reports say Israel is preparing strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure pending U.S. approval as President Trump’s stated Monday deadline over Hormuz nears.
- UNIFIL reported rising danger to peacekeepers in south Lebanon and a UN security source said Israeli forces destroyed 17 surveillance cameras at the mission’s Naqoura base, while Lebanon’s social affairs minister counted about 1.1 million registered displaced people with 135,000 in formal shelters.
- Iraq‑based militias aligned with Iran carried out two attacks late Saturday into Sunday on U.S. diplomatic sites, which the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad called attempts to assassinate American diplomats and pressed the Iraqi government to stop future strikes.