Author: NASSER KARIMI Associated Press, JON GAMBRELL Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 11/03/2025 | 14:41:20
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China, Iran and Russia conducted joint naval drills in the Middle East. The drills were called the Maritime Security Belt 2025. Iran seizes commercial ships and launches suspected attacks. This year’s drill likely sparked a warning from the British military. Observers for the drill included Azerbaijan, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Oman, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates. For China, it has continued to purchase Iranian crude oil despite facing Western sanctions, likely at a discount compared to global prices. Russia, meanwhile, has relied on Iran for the supply of bomb-carrying drones it uses in its war on Ukraine. Yemen’s Houthi rebels threaten to resume attacks on ships in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait that connect the two waterways. The rebels’ secretive leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi warned that attacks against Israel-linked vessels off Yemen would resume within four days if aid didn’t resume to Gaza.
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