ABU DHABI -- Russia, the United States and Ukraine wrapped up the first day of talks in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, with the session lasting about four hours, according to media reports, which said negotiations would resume Wednesday.

TEHRAN, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- The aerospace division of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) has unveiled a new missile base housing solid- and liquid-fuel ballistic missiles and cruise missiles, the state-run IRIB news agency reported Tuesday.IRIB said some of the missiles were used during the 12-day and 40-day wars with Israel and the United States.It added that Iran has lifted range limits on its missiles, making the country's warheads far more devastating.At the unveiling ceremony, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Ali Abdollahi said Iran and its armed forces make their decisions regardless of the enemies' power and resources, according to the semi-official Fars news agency.Also at the ceremony, Chief Commander of the IRGC's aerospace division Seyed Majid Mousavi warned the enemies against casting covetous eyes on Iran, saying Iran's people will give a regret-inducing response to any mistake by the enemies.On Feb. 28, Israel and the United States launched joint attacks on Tehran and other Iranian cities. Iran responded with waves of missile and drone attacks targeting Israel and U.S. bases and assets in the region, and tightened its grip on the Strait of Hormuz.

TEHRAN, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- The navy of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said Tuesday that two violating oil tankers suffered massive explosions on the unauthorized route in the Strait of Hormuz.Both tankers had turned off all their navigation and identification systems, caught fire, and were stopped, the navy said in a statement on the IRGC's official news outlet Sepah News.It added that one of the vessels exploded after hitting naval mines, while the other, supported by the aggressive U.S. fighter aircraft and seeking to surreptitiously cross the illegal route, was set on fire following an incident.The IRGC's navy reiterated the warning that the unauthorized route in the strait is unsafe, and that all those seeking to transit it in cooperation with the terrorist U.S. Army would suffer the same fate.Iran tightened its grip on the strait on Feb. 28, barring safe passage of vessels belonging to or affiliated with Israel and the United States following their joint strikes on Iranian territory.

The US administration's Monday assessment that the Iran war is "militarily effectively over" may signal a turning point in the eight-month US-Israeli military confrontation with the Middle East country. But the Middle East has seen too many military pauses mistaken for peace.