Lebanon
Explosions heard in Saudi capital and Riyadh airport, and other Mideast developments
Several explosions were heard in the Saudi capital on Thursday, including one at the Riyadh airport that halted flights, a witness said. Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis claimed the blast came from one of their ballistic missiles. Meanwhile, Britain says it demoted its consulate in east Jerusalem to a mission and that 20 diplomats will leave the […]
Israeli airstrikes on a village in southern Lebanon kill 9 people, wound 13
KFAR RUMMAN, Lebanon | Israel’s air force carried out two airstrikes early Monday on a southern Lebanese village, killing at least nine people and wounding others, including women and children, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said. Monday’s strikes came amid a new round of escalation between Israel and the militant Hezbollah group despite a truce reached more […]
Mediators see progress in diplomatic efforts to halt Iran war, 2 regional officials say
CAIRO | Mediators have achieved progress in efforts to get the United States and Iran back to negotiations and avert an all-out war in the Middle East, two regional officials said Monday, with a pause in attacks coming after a period of rapidly escalating tensions. The comments came after neither the U.S. nor Iran reported […]
US pauses attacks on Iran for a second straight day and Tehran does too
CAIRO | The United States paused its attacks on Iran for a second straight day Sunday and Tehran said it had done so too, as efforts continued to bring the countries back to negotiations on an interim ceasefire deal largely undermined by recent exchanges of fire. It was not clear why the U.S. has paused […]
A former prime minister who led Israel out of Lebanon fears mistakes are being repeated
JERUSALEM | It was just before sunrise when the last columns of Israeli tanks crossed from Lebanon back into Israel and then-Prime Minister Ehud Barak, who ordered the withdrawal, said the homecoming of Israeli troops sent “shivers down his spine.” That was May 24, 2000, the day Israel ended its 18-year occupation of southern Lebanon. […]
Iranian president lands in Pakistan as US-Iran teams work to finalize a war-ending deal
ISLAMABAD | Iran’s president met Tuesday with Pakistani officials mediating talks on a permanent end to its war with the U.S., as discrepancies emerged on what had been agreed upon so far and violence broke out again in Lebanon. President Masoud Pezeshkian’s visit to Islamabad came as technical teams were working on details following high-level […]
Talks between the US and Iran are called off because of fighting in Lebanon, officials say
JERUSALEM | Talks between the U.S. and Iran were called off on Friday after intense fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, three officials said, raising questions about a nascent agreement to end the war in Iran. Iranian officials didn’t travel as planned to Switzerland, insisting that the fighting in Lebanon must stop before […]
Iran to receive $300 billion in aid under US accord
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates | Iran will immediately take steps to reopen the Strait of Hormuz once a tentative deal with the U.S. to end the war is signed and will be allowed to sell its oil without restrictions, according to leaked copies of an interim agreement that officials say broadly matches the document. The […]
Iran says the deal to end the war with the US requires Israel to withdraw from Lebanon
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates | Iran’s top diplomat said Tuesday that the tentative deal to end the war with the United States would require Israel to withdraw from Lebanon — a condition Israel has already rejected and that could sink the agreement, leading to the resumption of all-out war. The deal, which is between the […]
Trump says pilots are fine after US helicopter crashes near Strait of Hormuz
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates | A U.S. Army Apache attack helicopter crashed early Tuesday near the Strait of Hormuz, but President Donald Trump said the two crew members aboard were not injured in the incident near the strategic waterway that Iran has effectively closed during the war. What caused the crash remains unclear in a […]