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US weighs Hormuz action that could extend war, sources say  The Jerusalem Post

Counterterrorism Director Resigns in Protest of Trump's War in Iran  People.com

War, and more war. Israelis support defeating Iran, but they are exhausted.  The Christian Science Monitor

Iran’s Basij militia commander Gholamreza Soleimani killed: IRGC  Al Jazeera

Could the Iran war lead to WWIII? : Fresh Air  NPR

Middle East war live: US does not need military help from Nato or other allies, Donald Trump says  Financial Times

Photos from first days of war reveal ships ablaze in Iran, military buildings destroyed in Abu Dhabi, and a fire at the world’s busiest airport for international travel in Dubai The post Newly released satellite images show damage dealt in Iran war across Middle East appeared first on The Times of Israel.

'Cannot in good conscience': Trump's counterterrorism chief quits over Iran war - Los Angeles Times  Los Angeles Times

By Maggie Michael TEHRAN, March 17 (Reuters) - As U.S. and Israeli air strikes pound Tehran, Iranian rescue workers are braving the risk of secondary attacks and say they are suffering trauma from the horror of pulling dead children from the rubble. The rescue teams are responding to a daily barrage of strikes across the city, and one worker told Reuters that on each of the 10 days he had been working since the war began, he had been on between two and 10 call-outs.

By Patricia Zengerle and Michael Martina WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuters) - The war on Iran has not delayed shipments of weapons to Taiwan or changed U.S. policy toward the island, officials from President Donald Trump's administration told members of Congress on Tuesday, despite the demands of the intense air campaign. "Have we delayed moving things to Taiwan? We haven't," Stanley Brown, principal deputy assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, told a House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee hearing.

Next move on Iran: Seize Kharg Island, secure uranium or risk ground war escalation  Fox News

How Will the Iran War End? Even Trump May Not Really Know  The Walrus

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Some of the most dramatic images have been of Bandar Abbas, home to a major Iranian military port next to the crucial Strait of Hormuz

Commander of Iran's paramilitary Basij force killed, Iranian state media says Gholamreza Soleimani, the commander of Iran's paramilitary Basij force, was killed in US-Israel attacks, Iran's state media said on Tuesday. Earlier on Tuesday, Israel had said it killed Soleimani.

Are the US and Israel waging a war on Iran's terms?  dw.com

The Unintended Winners and Losers of the War In Iran  Barron's

BAGHDAD, March 17 (Reuters) - Rocket and drone attacks on the U.S. embassy and a diplomatic facility in Iraq resumed on Tuesday after a series of earlier strikes the same day, security sources said. Rockets and an explosive drone targeted the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, triggering sirens and an explosion was heard near the compound, security sources said. At least three explosive drones also targeted a U.S. diplomatic facility near Baghdad International Airport, activating C-RAM air defence systems, the sources added.