Trump's request came as the US prepares to meet with Iranian leaders in Pakistan to negotiate an end to the war.
President Trump on Thursday confirmed he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to scale back on a barrage of strikes Israel is conducting in Lebanon, as that operation stands to threaten a fragile ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran. Iran has indicated that a two-week ceasefire agreement reached Tuesday with the U.S. includes the halting…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, "There's no ceasefire in Lebanon," and that Israel will continue striking the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah. However, Netanyahu authorized direct talks with Lebanon starting next week in Washington, D.C. Ed O'Keefe reports.
President Trump has asked that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scale back the strikes in Lebanon that are threatening to undo the fragile cease-fire with Iran.
President Trump said he had asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to scale back Israel’s military campaign in Lebanon.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly convinced President Donald Trump not to include Lebanon in the United States’s ceasefire deal with Iran—even though the U.S. agreed to stop the bombing there. Trump was initially told that the ceasefire would apply to the entire Middle East region, including Lebanon, multiple diplomatic sources told CBS…
As Israel continues to strike Lebanon and Iran leverages the Strait of Hormuz, the shaky ceasefire deal is at risk from political fault lines that helped shape the conflict.
President Donald Trump reportedly asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reduce Israel’s missile strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon in hopes of improving the ceasefire talks with Iran. Trump made the request during a Wednesday phone call with Netanyahu, according to NBC News, after Israel conducted strikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon…
