China has significantly aided Iran over the course of the war, providing intelligence on US forces and supplying Tehran with dual-use materials used in the production of drones and missiles. Chinese companies have been carrying […]
Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman spoke by phone during the Iran war with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of “very complex” negotiations on launching Israeli combat sorties over Saudi airspace to strike Iranian […]
Chinese-made FN-16 man-portable air defence systems have appeared in service with soldiers of the air defence battalion of Ukraine’s 160th Mechanised Brigade, photographs published by the brigade’s press service confirm. The brigade’s press service published […]
Israel orders $200 million in airborne munitions from Elbit as defense spending accelerates. Latest procurement adds to a series of wartime contracts aimed at reducing reliance on foreign suppliers. Less than a month after Elbit […]
China has imported S-300, S-300PMU2 and S-400 air defence systems from Russia to study and reverse-engineer its own HQ-9B missile system, as the two militaries continue to step up cooperation. Russian media reported that China’s […]
Long at odds, Iran, a Shiite country, Saudi Arabia and the UAE — the two Sunni Muslim powers in the Middle East have backed opposing groups in conflicts across the region. Saudi Arabia launched numerous, […]
As Pakistan positioned itself as a diplomatic conduit between Tehran and Washington, it quietly allowed Iranian military aircraft to park on its airfields, potentially shielding them from American airstrikes, according to U.S. officials with knowledge […]
A new analysis says the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has played a major role in helping Iran build and sustain the supply chain behind the Shahed series of one-way attack drones, which have become a […]
A US Navy fighter jet knocked out the rudder of an Iranian-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman on Wednesday using its 20 mm cannon, the American military said. The incident is the second […]
The U.S. military said on Monday it destroyed six Iranian small boats and intercepted Iranian cruise missiles and drones as Tehran sought to thwart a new U.S. naval effort to open shipping through the Strait […]
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