Damascus, Mar 24: The US military has carried out multiple airstrikes in eastern Syria in another flagrant breach of Syria’s sovereignty, killing a number of Syrian military forces.
Defence Minister Richard Marles has met with his Chinese counterpart in the first face-to-face meeting between ministers since the relationship between Australia and China soured almost three years ago.
Asian defence chiefs at a pivotal security meeting yesterday urged efforts to protect the borders of smaller nations in the wake of the Ukraine war, while pushing back against joining in on the broader US-China tussle, Bloomberg reported. Ministers of smaller nations such as Fiji and Singapore warned against framing the crisis as part of an ideological contest between