Category: 2. Middle East

By Francois Murphy

VIENNA, May 29 (Reuters) – Iran and the United States are in discussions to extend their ceasefire so as to start negotiations on issues including Tehran’s nuclear program, where Washington insists Iran must not be able to make…

Lebanon is seeking an international force to replace a decades-long United Nations peacekeeping mission whose mandate ends this year following US and Israeli pressure, even as the latest Israel-Hezbollah war continues.

Concerns over the possible…

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US President Donald Trump said he was meeting in the White House Situation Room on Friday to make a final decision on whether or not to strike a peace deal with Iran.

Trump said Washington would lift its naval blockade of Iran but insisted Tehran…

May 29 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said in a social media post that he would be meeting in the White House Situation Room on Friday to make a final decision on a deal with Iran.

He also listed what a potential deal would need to…

By Rami Ayyub and Maya Gebeily

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, May 29 (Reuters) – Israeli forces have advanced to positions north of Lebanon’s Litani River, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday, as Israel escalates attacks against Hezbollah…

By Dawoud Abu Alkas , Haseeb Alwazeer and Nidal al-Mughrabi

GAZA/CAIRO, May 29 (Reuters) – Hamas said on Friday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s declaration that his country would expand its area of control in Gaza was a dangerous…