CNN: US President Donald Trump declared Israeli forces would not move on Beirut after a call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The call became heated, according to sources, as he pressed Israel to scale back its Lebanon offensive, which threatened to upend negotiations with Iran…
High-Wire Negotiations With Iran? Trump Finds It ‘Very Boring.’
President Trump told CNBC that he “couldn’t care less” if the negotiations with Iran break down…
Benjamin Netanyahu faces backlash after Donald Trump call
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has come under fire from both allies and opponents after failing to follow through on threats to bomb Hizbollah targets in Beirut, as a result of heavy pressure from US President Donald Trump…
Israel Strikes Southern Lebanon After Pulling Back From Threat to Beirut
Israel launched fresh strikes in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel appeared to pull back from a threat to strike Hezbollah in Beirut, Lebanon’s capital, under pressure from President Trump and the United Nations…
U.S. Presses Neutral Oman to Pick a Side and Cut Ties With Iran
At the start of the U.S.-Iran war, officials in Oman raced to establish a back channel with Tehran that, according to Arab officials, helped Gulf states reopen flight corridors—a diplomatic coup made possible by Muscat’s staunch impartiality in the conflict.
Three months later, that neutral stance is beginning to backfire. Washington increasingly interprets Oman’s approach toward Tehran as hostile to America and, according to U.S. and Arab officials, has pressed Oman to pick a side and cut diplomatic ties with Iran…
How Israel’s Strategy in Lebanon Was Blown Up by Drones
An Israeli campaign that started with high hopes has devolved into a kind of impasse, with Hezbollah looking more capable than it did when the war began…
US lawmakers to grill Rubio, as Iran war enters fourth month