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16:08
US Counterterrorism Chief Kent Quits Citing Iran Conflict
Joseph Kent, the head of the United States' National Counterterrorism Center, said he is resigning over the Iran military operation.
Kent said in a letter to President Donald Trump, which he posted on X on March 17, that the United States was deceived into "believing that Iran was an imminent threat" by Israeli officials and "influential members of the American media. He added that while he supported the values and foreign policy Trump talked about during all threeof his presidential campaigns, he could not continue given the current situation with Iran.
"I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran," said Kent, a combat veteran whose navy cryptologist wife died in Syria in 2019.
Kent added that he hoped Trump would reverse course and "chart a new path for our nation."
Kent, who was nominated by Trump and confirmed to the post by the Senate, is the highest ranking official in the administration to have stepped down specifically because of the Iran war.
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12:32
In Photos: Iranian Kurds Watch And Wait As Tehran's Air Strikes Hit Region
After initially voicing support, US President Donald Trump says he doesn't want Iran's Kurds to enter the military operation against Tehran -- at least for now. Still, one group of exiled Kurds is "preparing for war" just in case, according to a photographer who visited one stronghold of Iranian Kurds.
PhotojournalistSedat Sunagained access on March 12 to a mountain base of the Komala -- Reform Faction, an armed political entity of Iranian Kurds based in the northeastern region of Iraq that has recently been targeted by Iranian drone strikes.
To see the full photo story, clickhere.
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12:13
Explosions Rock Baghdad As Drone Strikes Target US Embassy
Witnesses recorded explosions in Baghdad on March 17 as drone strikes targeted the US Embassy compound in the heavily fortified Green Zone in Iraq's capital city.
Footage recorded on mobile phones showed smoke and fire as air defenses intercepted several drones.
