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Zelensky
Zelensky: Ukrainian Anti-Drone Specialists Already Working in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE
Kyiv is leveraging its hard-won expertise in countering Iranian-made drones to aid partners in the Middle East – not to mention the US.
March 11, 2026
War in Ukraine
Zelensky Says Ukraine Has ‘Cards’ After US Asked Kyiv for Help Against Iranian Drones
The Ukrainian president said Kyiv’s expertise in countering drones has become a strategic advantage after Washington sought help protecting US bases in the Middle East.
March 11, 2026
US
Trump Says US Destroying Iranian Minelaying Boats in in Strait of Hormuz
Trump’s comments came after Tehran vowed that no Gulf oil would pass through the key waterway, with oil prices remaining highly volatile over the virtual halt of shipping in the strait.
March 11, 2026
EU
EU Сhief, Macron Say Mideast War Exposes Europe Energy Vulnerability
Von der Leyen said Europe’s turn away from civilian nuclear power had exposed the continent’s fossil fuel “vulnerability”.
March 10, 2026
US
Russia Sole ‘Winner’ in Iran War, Says EU’s Costa
The Iran war has upended the world’s energy and transport sectors, virtually halting activity in the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz as Iran’s retaliatory strikes hit the Gulf.
March 10, 2026
US
Trump Ready to Back Strike on Iran’s New Supreme Leader if He Rejects US Demands
The US president told aides he could support eliminating Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei if Tehran refuses to halt its nuclear program, The Wall Street Journal reported.
March 10, 2026
France
Macron Says France Is Deploying Warships to Middle East, May Launch Hormuz Escort Mission
Paris is sending nearly a dozen warships to the Mediterranean and Red Sea and is considering a naval escort mission in the Strait of Hormuz, President Emmanuel Macron said.
March 9, 2026
Ukraine
EU Could Mediate Between Ukraine and Middle East on Drone Defense
Brussels is preparing an initiative to link Ukraine’s drone production with Middle Eastern countries seeking protection from drone attacks, the EU’s top diplomat said.
March 9, 2026
Energy
Oil Prices Surge to Highest Levels Since Mid-2022
Energy markets are particularly nervous because the crisis is unfolding around the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil supply normally passes.
March 9, 2026
Zelensky
Kyiv to Deploy Drone Specialists to Middle East as Zelensky Floats Missile Trade
Zelensky proposed that the Gulf states exchange air defense missiles for Ukrainian drone-interception technology, and has reportedly sent drone specialists to help the US protect bases in Jordan.
March 9, 2026
US
Iran Launches Missiles as Khamenei’s Son Takes Charge
Nine days after US-Israeli strikes killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and plunged the Middle East into war, Iranian clerics picked the country’s third supreme leader since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
March 9, 2026
Ukraine
OPINION: More Than Weapons: The Ideological Affinity Between Iran’s Clerical Establishment and Russia’s Kremlin
One regime speaks in the language of religion, the other in secular power, but when an ideology rejects a nation’s right to exist, diplomacy may delay conflict, not prevent it. And Ukrainians know it.
March 8, 2026
Iran
War in the Middle East: Latest Developments
Here are the latest events in the Middle East war on Saturday.
March 7, 2026
US
Russia Providing Iran Intelligence on US Forces
Officials say Moscow has shared targeting information on American military assets in the Middle East as the conflict involving Iran escalates.
March 6, 2026
UK
Britain Deploys Elite Counter-Drone Unit to Middle East Amid Iranian Attacks
British troops trained alongside Ukrainian forces in countering drones have been sent to help defend regional bases from Iranian aerial threats.
March 6, 2026
Iran
Trump Demands Say on Iran’s Next Leader as Middle East War Spirals
Trump on Thursday rejected the possibility of Khamenei’s son, Mojtaba Khamenei, replacing his slain father as supreme leader, dismissing the younger man as a “lightweight.”
March 5, 2026