The Israeli army on Friday said it conducted strikes on Hezbollah targets in the Tyre area of southern Lebanon as Israeli and Lebanese officials hold talks in Washington with a tenuous ceasefire

The US says that Israeli and Lebanese delegations have agreed to extend a ceasefire for 45 days. The truce has reduced the volume of fighting, but violations are commonplace, particularly in the south.

The Trump administration has been pushing for a breakthrough between the two neighbors that have been officially in a state of war since Israel was created in 1948.

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Saudi Arabia is discussing a non-aggression pact modeled after the Helsinki Accords between Iran and Middle Eastern countries following the end of the Iran war, the Financial Times (FT) reported on the 14th,

Donald Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping offered to help the US negotiate with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Trump told Fox News that China’s heavy dependence on Gulf oil makes Beijing eager to keep the crucial trade route open and stable as tensions continue to rise in the Middle East.

India, May 13 -- US-Israel-Iran War Latest Update: In a recent report, Israel's military carried out a bombing operation in the town of Khiam, in southern Lebanon, overnight, and swept the town with heavy machine guns.

US President Donald ⁠Trump said on Tuesday ​that Americans’ financial struggles are not a factor inhis decision-making as he seeks to negotiate an end ​to the Iran war, saying that preventing