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Lebanon and Israel have held their first diplomatic talks in over three decades, a rare encounter aimed at ending fighting between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah group. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio
negotiations on Tehran’s nuclear programme, offer the suspension of sanctions on the sale of Iran’s oil and petrochemical products, bring generous reparations to be paid by the US, and lift the US naval
Fighting in Lebanon started on 2 March when Hezbollah launched rockets at Israel in retaliation for the [killing of Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/01/how-israeli-sleight-and-us-might-led-to-the-assassination-of-ali-khamenei), triggering an Israeli invasion. Israeli strikes have
Lebanon's capital, Beirut. The current web of fractious alliances and dysfunctional ceasefires shows how dangerously destabilised the region remains, more than three months after the US and Israel launched their war on Iran
negotiations while the US maintains restrictions on Iranian ports. Washington and Tehran agreed to a temporary ceasefire on April 8 after more than a month of fighting that began with joint US and Israeli strikes
negotiations with Iran and Lebanon. The people in Gaza pointed to two main scenarios: either the calm on the Iran and Lebanon fronts leads Israel to put more pressure on Gaza militarily or regional
US, and their allies, to cease fighting, and for Israel to end its offensive in Lebanon. On Saturday, Trump spoke to the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, the key original advocate of the war when
negotiate](/video/newsfeed/2026/4/20/iranian-fm-spokesman-says-ceasefire-violated-by-us-in-shipment-seizure) under threat. While the two-week ceasefire has succeeded in halting the fighting, it has been rocked by Israel’s assault on Lebanon and disagreements over the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has insisted
fighting in the [US-Israeli war on Iran](/news/liveblog/2026/4/15/iran-war-live-trump-hints-at-second-round-of-talks-israel-pounds-lebanon). The truce, which expires on April 22, has created a small window for negotiations to end the war, which has killed more than [4,000 people
fighting escalated on March 2 when Hezbollah renewed attacks against Israel in support of Iran, which led to intensified Israeli bombardments and a ground invasion of southern Lebanon. Both sides will meet for more talks
negotiators, who previously accused Israel of breaking the current ceasefire deal with strikes on Lebanon. Israel said that deal did not cover Lebanon. The fighting has killed at least 3,000 people in Iran, more
negotiations focused on permanently ending the war “on all fronts”, including involving Hezbollah in Lebanon. “That is something difficult for the Americans to give a guarantee on,” he said. Fighting between the Lebanese group Hezbollah
negotiations between Iran and the US remain [deadlocked](/news/2026/5/11/unacceptable-whats-irans-peace-proposal-that-trump-has-rejected). The US is demanding that Iran dismantle its nuclear programme and lift its restrictions on the strait. Iran has countered with calls for war reparations
US must include an end to fighting in Lebanon. On Monday, it warned that continued aggression would be met with “more severe and crushing measures”. Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, said
negotiations between the US and Iran, and its leaders have said they do not plan to withdraw from Lebanon. The attacks also come amid a supposed [ceasefire](/news/2026/6/4/israel-and-lebanon-agree-to-conditional-ceasefire), agreed between Israeli and Lebanese officials earlier
fighting. The other question remains Iran. The government has maintained a stranglehold on 20% of the global oil trade by shutting the strait of Hormuz, betting that the economic pain would sway the US
fighting on his own if Israel returns to war with [Iran](/news/2026/6/8/strategic-doctrine-iran-hails-military-shift-after-beirut-raid-response). The warning on Monday came as Israel and Iran said they would [pause attacks](/news/2026/6/8/israel-and-iran-exchange-attacks-as-ceasefire-falters) following their most serious escalation since a ceasefire
negotiating in Washington to reach an end to the conflict, though Hezbollah – the party fighting Israel – is not participating in the talks. Last week, [Hezbollah rejected a ceasefire](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/04/israel-lebanon-renew-ceasefire-hezbollah-trump-iran-deal-middle-east-us) proposed by the Lebanese
fight against the Iranian-backed militia Hezbollah in Lebanon. A regional official involved in the mediation, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the talks, told The Associated Press that Iran had not communicated
fighting continues to escalate as Israel extends its occupation of Lebanon beyond the Litani River and as the militant group Hezbollah continues to launch drones into Israel. ### US military attacks Iran The U.S. military