The third session of the trilateral joint committee between Iran, Saudi Arabia, and China was convened on Tuesday, December 18, in Tehran.
The Chinese Air Force has begun conducting advanced training missions with its J-16 fighter jets, focusing on long-range operations supported by aerial refueling. This capability marks a significant leap in China’s ability to project air power far beyond its coastal boundaries.
Maritime sources confirmed that early Tuesday, the crew of the Hong Kong-flagged container ship ASL Bauhinia abandoned the vessel in the southern Red Sea after a fire broke out. The cause, involving an explosion, is still unclear.
The Maritime Security Belt 2024 drills was held with the participation of the armed forces from Iran, China, and Russia, and with the presence of observers from five countries (Oman, Pakistan, South Africa, Kazakhstan, and the Republic of Azerbaijan) in the northern Indian Ocean.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Israeli regime confirmed the attack on the Zionist diplomat in Beijing, the capital of China.
Negotiations between Iran’ Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani and Saudi Arabia’s Minister of State and National Security Adviser Musaed Bin Mohammed Al-Aiban in Beijing, China, Riyadh and Tehran signed an agreement to restore diplomatic ties.
ISWNews Analysis Group – Amid the hue and cry over the sale of Iran-made drones to Russia and applying the Iranian UAVs by the Russian army in the war against Ukraine, an Iranian official said that some 90 states are potential customers of the Iran-made drones, including China, which is in queue to receive 15,000 drones manufactured by the Islamic Republic.
ISWNews Analysis Group – The Xinjiang Central Asia Petroleum and Gas Co. (CAPEIC) and the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum of the Taliban-ruled government have signed a 25-year contract to pave the way for exploration and extraction of oil and gas in the Amu Darya basin in northern Afghanistan.
ISWNews Analysis Group: The Chinese tanker entered the port of Al-Shihr on the coast of Hadhramaut province for the second time to load oil from the ports of the occupied regions of Yemen.
ISWNews Analysis Group: According to local sources in the city of Bagram in Parwan province, aircraft carrying Chinese troops entered the Bagram Airbase on October 2.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Mike Pompeo the US secretary of state in his trip to Kazakhstan, demanded the world community supporting from Oyghour Turks in the China.
