A 10-day Lebanon ceasefire appears to hold
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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on Friday that a ceasefire agreed to by his country should be transformed into "permanent agreements," without saying whether he was
President Donald Trump on Thursday said peace talks with Iran could resume this weekend as Israel and Lebanon agreed to a 10-day ceasefire.
The leaders of Israel and Lebanon agreed to a 10-day ceasefire in Israel's fight against Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon, but Israel vowed to keep troops in southern Lebanon.
Trump’s public remarks appeared to exceed the text of the US-backed truce, prompting Israeli officials to seek clarification while clashes on the ground continued. Israel was surprised by US
Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire, President Donald Trump announced Thursday, two days after the countries held their first direct diplomatic talks in decades in Washington. House moving ahead on bill to protect Haitian immigrants,
The truce appeared to mostly hold even as Israel said it had carried out strikes on what it called “terrorists” approaching its forces in southern Lebanon. Separately, a U.N. peacekeeper was killed.
The halt to weeks of fighting is being celebrated in Lebanon, but it will be difficult to ensure it lasts.
Iran declared that it would reopen the Strait of Hormuz to commercial sea traffic, which President Trump eagerly supported in a social media post. But Trump also declared that the U.S. blockade of Iran's ports could continue.