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20:17
Ukraines Zelenskyy Calls Russia And Iran 'Brothers In Hatred'
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy lashed out at Russia and Iran in a speech to the British Parliament, calling their governments brothers in hatred and terrorist regimes that are helping each other fight wars.
Russia has used Iranian-supplied Shahed drones in its full-scale invasion of Ukraine and has also used Iranian technology to manufacture its own drones. Zelenskyy said that Russia has also provided components for drones Iran has been using as it strikes targets in the region in response to the US-Israeli attacks that began on February 28.
Iran taught Russia how to launch [Shaheds] and gave [Russia] the technology to produce them. Russia then upgraded them, and now we have clear evidence that Iranian Shaheds used in the Middle East contain Russian components, Zelenskyy said. So what is happening today around Iran is not a faraway war for us.
The regimes in Russia and Iran are brothers in hatred and that is why they are brothers in weapons, and we want regimes built on hatred to never win in anything, said Zelenskyy, who also met on March 17 with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and King Charles.
He said he had sent military experts to the Middle East at the request of our partners, including the United States," in part to help them defend against drone attacks.
Zelenskyy visited Paris last week and heads to Madrid on March 18 as Kyiv and its European supporters seek to keep a spotlight on Russias war against Ukraine at a time when the US is focused on Iran and the conflict there threatens to deprive Ukraine of weapons for its defense against Russia.
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16:52
Trump Says NATO Allies Reject Participating In Iran Operation
President Donald Trump says the United States has been informed by most of its NATO allies that they don't want to get involved with the country's military operation in Iran.
Trump said in a social media post on March 17 that "we have had such Military Success [against Iran], we no longer 'need,' or desire, the NATO Countries assistance."
Trump had called for help securing shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, which Tehran has effectively shut down with attacks on vessels and threats of more.
Some countries had said they'd consider such a move but many others rejected getting involved.
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16:08
US Counterterrorism Chief Kent Quits Citing Iran Conflict, White House Rejects Claims
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."
White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said in astatementon X that Kent made "many false claims" in his letter, including that Iran posed no imminent threat to the United States.
She also called the assertion that Trump was influenced by others "absurd."
"President Trump has been remarkably consistent and has said for DECADES that Iran can NEVER possess a nuclear weapon," she said.
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.
