"Strengthening air defense capabilities is clearly an urgent priority for Iran at the moment," expert Hongda Fan told ...

Weeks after his country was battered by waves of Israeli strikes and the US bombed three of its prized nuclear facilities, ...

One-quarter of the way into the 21st century, Israel is emerging not only as a staunch ally of the United States but also as ...

“If the Middle East is unstable, the world will not be at peace,” Chinese President Xi Jinping said June 19. “If the conflict escalates further, not only will the conflicting parties suffer greater ...

China is closely watching whether Israel and Iran can broker a ceasefire. Beijing gets much of its crude oil imports from Iran through a "dark fleet" of vessels to evade American sanctions.

China, unlike the U.S. with Israel, made no indication that it would step in to militarily assist its longtime friend Iran. Instead, the Asian nation, which has in recent years tried to position ...

China has said that the Israel-Iran conflict may make way for wider instability in the Middle East region and is attempting to reach out to both sides for a potential de-escalation, according to a ...

China, heavily dependent on Middle East oil, has tried to cast itself as a peacemaker. But in the Israel-Iran war, Washington emerged as the real power broker.

Opinion Israel's war with Iran is a global flashpoint. America must lead before it spreads President Trump must act quickly to counter the Russia-China alliance that seeks to reshape Middle East ...

China’s approach to the Israel-Iran war showed that it wanted to “avoid direct confrontation with the U.S.,” Lin, ... But Trump has moved the U.S. position back towards uncertainty. Trump is ...