Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it launched a devastating combined missile-and-drone strike on fighter-jet shelters and large aircraft aprons inside the US base at Azraq, Jordan.

On July 18 in Shanghai, China foreign minister Wang Yi met Indonesia coordinating minister for economic affairs Airlangga. China welcomed Airlangga’s reiterated invitation to Chinese firms to invest in Indonesia and called on Jakarta to provide a fair, non‑discriminatory business environment. Both sides said bilateral cooperation is not aimed at third parties and should not be subject to third‑party interference, pledged to defend the multilateral trade system, oppose decoupling and supply‑chain disruption, and agreed to deepen strategic alignment and sectoral cooperation and coordinate more closely on regional and international affairs to support stable global production and supply chains.

Kuwait's Ministry of Electricity said a power and desalination plant caught fire after being hit in an attack by Iran.