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Despite US pressure, Syria indicates it won’t intervene in Lebanon

The report adds that despite a push for a ceasefire and a new de-confliction concept in Lebanon, “it is estimated that Washington is using various tools simultaneously to try to disarm Hezbollah.”

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the UN headquarters in New York, US, September 24, 2025.
Footage from a video released by US Southern Command shows the Venezuela-linked tanker Veronica at sea, in this screen grab taken from a handout video released on January 15, 2026.

US military strikes vessel in Caribbean, killing two alleged narco-terrorists

IDF troops operating in the Wadi Saluki area of southern Lebanon.

IDF maintains positions, striking terror infrastructure in Gaza, Lebanon

US President Donald Trump gestures as he boards Air Force One, after attending Game 3 of the NBA Finals, at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, June 8, 2026.

Donald Trump’s dream could cost the West its future - opinion


Israel, Hezbollah agree to ceasefire starting on Friday, Israel to remain in Lebanon

Iranian delegation cancels Switzerland trip, reportedly due to Israeli strikes on Hezbollah • Israel must stop hostilities in Lebanon, US must pressure Israel, French minister says

IDF soldiers conducting counterterrorism operations against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, published May 24, 2026.

Friday talks between US, Iran will not take place, Swiss Foreign Ministry confirms

On Thursday, the White House said in a statement that US Vice President JD Vance will not travel to Switzerland for talks with Iranian negotiators over the weekend, citing logistical issues.

US Vice President JD Vance holds a joint press conference with Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (not pictured), in Yerevan, Armenia, February 9, 2026.

Republicans blast Trump's Iran agreement as details emerge

The criticism was a rare rebuke from members of the Republican Party who have mostly offered full loyalty to the president, but are increasingly restive.

A general view of the US Capitol building in Washington, DC, US, June 18, 2026.

Trump labor rights nominee rejects antisemitism accusations over college cartoon

Facing backlash, Allen denied at the time that the depiction of Nelson with horns was meant to channel longstanding antisemitic stereotypes.

 US Senate floor

IDF withdrawal from Lebanon would be a failure, must hold strategic points in north, Chikli says

"One thing is clear and simple, as is happening in the Gaza Strip," he said. "We must not again defend Metula from an outpost that is inside Metula.”

Amichai Chikli, Minister of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism attends a conference organized by the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs, at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem on March 27, 2025.

How does Donald Trump's MoU with Iran compare to Obama's 2015 nuclear deal? - explainer

Here is how Obama's 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and Trump's Memorandum of Understanding on Iran compare.

Donald Trump speaks to Barack Obama at Trump's presidential inauguration in Washington, US, January 20, 2017

Mojtaba Khamenei: Trump pushed for MoU 'out of desperation,' Iran will not submit to US demands

Khamenei said that he eventually approved the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) based only on a series of promises from Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and the negotiating team. 

Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of late Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, attends a meeting in Tehran, Iran, March 2, 2016.

Trump’s Iran diplomacy could empower Hezbollah, weaken deterrence - opinion

Trump’s emerging Iran strategy risks empowering the very actors most interested in sabotaging peace and dividing allies.

US President Donald Trump, with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, holds a press conference during the G7 Summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, June 17, 2026.

Trump: I'll likely support Netanyahu in next Israeli election, but need to see who is running

This comes after Trump's other recent criticisms of Netanyahu. On Wednesday, Trump claimed the pair have a "little dispute" over Lebanon, but said he liked the prime minister.

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu embrace as they walk into Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida.

Israel will not withdraw from southern Lebanon until security restored, Netanyahu vows

An Israeli source told The Jerusalem Post that Israel is "conducting stubborn negotiations" with the United States on maintaining its deployment of troops in southern Lebanon.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a special plenum session in honor of US President Donald Trump at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, October 13, 2025