Israeli ambassador Yechiel Leiter and Lebanese ambassador Nada Hamadeh Mouawad will return to meet at the US State Department after meeting for the first time last week.
"We caught a ship yesterday that had some things on it, which wasn’t very nice. A gift from China perhaps, I don’t know, but I was a little surprised," Trump said during an interview with CNBC.
The Houthis have declared that Yemen will not remain neutral in the Middle East conflict and are preparing to turn the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea, and even the Indian Ocean into active theaters of war.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards seized two vessels, the MSC Francesca and Epaminodes, for operating without authorization and manipulating navigation systems, transferring them to Iranian shores.
The US has halted $500M in dollar shipments to Iraq and frozen military cooperation programs, demanding Baghdad dismantle Iranian-backed militias in response to militia attacks.
Sa’ar: Hezbollah main obstacle to Israel-Lebanon normalization • IDF kills two Hezbollah terrorists after approaching troops in Lebanon • Houthis expected to resume Red Sea attacks
The editor also highlighted Hezbollah's confrontations with the United States in various Gulf regions, using regional tensions to further its security and ideological goals.
Iran has decided not to attend the second round of talks in Pakistan, Tasnim reported on Tuesday night.
The move comes as a two-week ceasefire announced by US President Donald Trump is due to end in the coming days.
"It [Israel] will smell the scent of resistance every day," said Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, Lebanon's most senior Shi'ite statesman and a Hezbollah ally.
"I would greatly appreciate the release of these women," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. "I am sure that they will respect the fact that you did so. Please do them no harm!"
