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Iran, Russia launch joint naval drills

Iran and Russia kicked off naval drills in the Caspian Sea on Monday, five months after Iran, Russia and China held joint military drills in the Gulf of Oman in March.

This handout photo made available by the Iranian Army Office on March 12, 2025, shows navy personnel saluting aboard a Chinese military ship during a joint Iranian-Russian-Chinese drill in the Gulf of Oman.

Welcome back to the Daily Briefing.

In today's edition:

  • Iran, Russia hold joint naval drills, trilateral nuclear talks with China
  • Why have Saudi oil exports surged?
  • Israel Medical Association sounds alarm over Gaza food crisis
  • US citizen killed in clashes in Syria's Suwayda
  • Turkey to cut decades-old oil pipeline deal with Iraq

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