Papua New Guinea in May 2026: the most important developments in security
Papua New Guinea, May 2026: the security items recorded for the month were international ones, centred on Israel, Lebanon and the Persian Gulf. On 28 May Israel struck near Beirut, killing three people, two of them children. Earlier in the month, on 6 May, Israel struck a Hezbollah commander in a suburb of the Lebanese capital, the first such strike in Beirut since the April ceasefire.
In the Gulf, US Central Command said on 4 May that US Navy ships had not been attacked by Iran, that no vessels were hit and that no military confrontation occurred, addressing unconfirmed claims of an Iranian strike on American naval assets. On 10 May South Korea stated that a ship fire in the Strait of Hormuz was the result of an aerial attack. On 25 May Iranian forces warned of heavier strikes if they were attacked.
by WorldBrief & Maksim Micheliov | AI-generated summary
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