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Israel, he said. Salam defended his government’s engagement with its southern neighbour after military delegations held security talks in Washington on Friday. More US-brokered negotiations are planned next week. He said the outcome
talks a “grave sin” which would plunge the country into “instability”. “These direct negotiations and their outcomes are as if they do not exist for us, and they do not concern us in the slightest
Lebanon](/news/2026/3/2/israel-bombs-beirut-after-hezbollah-launches-rocket-attack) and Iran. But the outcome of these battles will likely be determined not by Israel’s own political leaders, but by the United States and President Donald Trump, Israeli analysts have told
US-mediated ceasefire aimed at halting the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah began on April 17, Israeli attacks continued throughout the following weeks, including on the capital Beirut, where Israel said it is targeting
Israel’s hands in dealing with Hezbollah in Lebanon. [Netanyahu’s best bet for his political survival is that the peace talks will fail](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/22/netanyahu-hopes-destroying-iranian-axis-of-evil-will-rehabilitate-his-image), and the US will be drawn back into
talks outright and believe only Hezbollah’s path of armed resistance will lead to a positive outcome for Lebanon. ## A deal favourable to Israel? On March 2, Israel intensified its war on Lebanon once again
outcome of peace talks, the global energy market may now be past the “point of no return”. - **In Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) claimed to have killed Hamas’s military chief Mohammed Odeh
talks. Iranian leaders appear emboldened by the outcome of the confrontation. President Masoud Pezeshkian suggested Iran's military strikes on Israel strengthened its negotiating position with the US. He called "diplomacy and defence
outcome. For Tehran, the strait of Hormuz’s closure – imposed after the US and [Israel](https://www.theguardian.com/world/israel) launched the Iran war on 28 February during talks over Tehran’s nuclear programme – is perhaps
outcome remains unclear. “One never knows” where the talks may lead, he said, reiterating his call for Tehran to reach a deal. - Iran’s chief negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said Tehran could abandon negotiations with
outcome in itself”, while both sides would likely be “probing for any shifts or flexibility in positions since they last spoke”. It is that movement, he added, that would allow both sides to “politically sanction
talks were progressing with Pakistan’s mediation and warned the US and the UAE against being drawn into a “quagmire by ill-wishers”. - **Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Monday that no commercial vessels
talks on deep mistrust of Washington](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/30/iran-trump-peace-deal-analysis), accusing the US of shifting its demands while continuing to back Israeli military operations across the region. Its foreign ministry spokesperson, Esmail Baghaei, said negotiations were
talks with Israel as an attempt to offset its military disadvantage, using US pressure to stop the attacks and let Beirut re-establish sovereign control over all its land. Hovering above these
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 it began in February, to try to reassure
Lebanon. ## What are the main sticking points? ### Strait of Hormuz A major dispute between Tehran and Washington is over the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global shipping route linking the Gulf to the Arabian
talks, said the next round of negotiations between the US and Iran will happen “very soon”. Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said on Sunday that “meaningful progress” had been achieved, offering grounds for optimism that
Israel’s national strategy on Iran while in office. Other fellows include [Jonathan Conricus](https://www.fdd.org/team/lt-col-ret-jonathan-conricus/), a former international spokesperson for the Israeli military who spent years serving as a combat commander in Lebanon
outcome for which they have been agitating for weeks. But even now there are other voices in Tehran that believe [Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran) can instead exploit the tensions between Israel and the US
Lebanon, and a short-lived breakthrough on opening the strait of Hormuz. Pakistani officials expect concessions from the two camps, including on Iran’s nuclear programme, the trickiest dispute. If an agreement is reached, Pakistan