China, Iran and Russia have held joint naval exercises in the Middle East. The drills mark the fifth consecutive year the three nations have joined forces to train, this time in the Gulf of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of globally traded crude oil passes.
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00:00China, Iran and Russia are flexing their military might, holding joint naval drills in the Middle
00:06East.
00:07It's the fifth straight year the three nations have carried out these exercises, this year
00:11in the Gulf of Oman, near the strategic strait of Hormuz.
00:14A fifth of all crude oil traded globally passes through the narrow waterway.