Inclusion of Lebanon is significant difference in interpretation of truce agreed at 11th hour on TuesdayMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe fate of the two-week ceasefire in the Iran conflict looked uncertain on Wednesday as both sides gave divergent versions of what had been agreed, Israel intensified its bombing campaign in Lebanon and Iran halted the…
President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday evening a two-week ceasefire with Iran following conversations with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Trump noted further that the U.S. received a 10-point proposal from Iran, calling it a "workable basis on which to negotiate."Trump subsequently shared a statement from Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister…
Israeli forces announced on Wednesday that it struck 100 sites in Lebanon over just the course of 10 minutes.
The United States and Iran have announced a two-week ceasefire, brokered by Pakistan, under which Iran has agreed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Israel is also part of the agreement, but it has said it will continue its attacks and occupation inside Lebanon. The deal was reached less than two hours before President Trump’s 8 p.m. ET deadline Tuesday for…
Israel launched powerful attacks on Lebanon on Wednesday, killing at least 250 people, according to the country's Ministry of Health. Iran says the new attacks are a violation of the ceasefire with the United States but Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists the temporary agreement does not include Hezbollah. NBC’s Matt Bradley reports for TODAY.
Iran's Parliamentary Speaker is claiming that the US has breached the ceasefire agreement even as Donald Trump says the truce is in effect.
Tension over whether or not the two-week ceasefire agreed to by President Donald Trump and Iran’s leadership included an end to Israel’s attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanon has threatened to unravel the delicate pause in hostilities. The United States, Iran, and Pakistan have offered conflicting accounts of what was agreed to as part of the…
Israel launched its largest assault on Lebanon since the start of its invasion, escalating the campaign against Iran-backed Hezbollah even after the US announced a ceasefire in the wider Middle East conflict.
Israel launched a barrage of attacks without warning in Lebanon on Wednesday, striking more than 100 sites in 10 minutes as a fragile ceasefire agreement between the U.S. and Iran hangs in the balance. The attacks were of the largest scale in Lebanon since Israel started its latest offensive there more than a month ago.…
Less than 24 hours after the ceasefire with Iran was announced, it's in danger of coming apart. Israel launched a huge offensive against its old enemy, the Iranian-backed militia Hezbollah, on Wednesday. Elizabeth Palmer reports.
