President Trump said the US does not need troops stationed in Iraq.

Bahrain’s Interior Ministry said on social media in the early hours of the 15th that the kingdom again raised an air-defence alert. Kuwait’s military said in a statement the same morning that its air-defence forces intercepted a "hostile drone" attack.

National Bureau of Statistics: In June, among industrial enterprises above designated size, growth in coal-fired and hydro power generation slowed, nuclear and solar accelerated, and wind swung to a decline. Coal-fired generation rose 0.5% YoY, 1.6 ppts slower than May; hydro rose 4.8%, 8.2 ppts slower; nuclear rose 8.5%, 3.5 ppts faster; wind fell 5.6% (May: +0.5%); solar rose 14.2%, 2.1 ppts faster.