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forces from Lebanon. Here is what we know: ## In Iran - **Iran says Lebanon is central to any deal:** Reporting from Tehran, Al Jazeera’s Tohid Asadi said Iranian officials have consistently maintained that a ceasefire
forces across the region will “never bow in submission to enemies that have been defeated in war”, he said. The command later said its attacks were over, but warned of harsher ones if the Israeli
threats but Trump insists Tehran wants deal Welcome to our live coverage of events in the Middle East. **Donald Trump [warned the US may strike Iran again](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/19/trump-threatens-a-big-hit-if-tehran-does-not-make-deal-soon)** – a day after he said
force,” he said. However, one senior Iranian official told the Reuters news agency that Tehran is “positively reviewing” its participation, amid reports that its delegation would again be headed by parliamentary speaker [Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
force the justice department to release the Jeffrey Epstein files, and insisting on congressional oversight over the military actions [in](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/05/us-house-war-powers-resolution-vote) [Venezuela](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/22/house-war-powers-resolution-trump-military-venezuela) [and](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/21/trump-iran-war-stirs-anger-maga-kentucky) [Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/17/trump-us-iran-israel-war).
threat to the global economy by allowing the 20% of world energy supplies normally routed through it to freely flow again. Post after post referred to the reopening of the strait, which Iran had targeted
Iran should not affect arms sales to Taiwan,** experts have said, [after a US official suggested](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/27/us-arms-sales-to-taiwan-pause-unlikely-due-to-iran-war-experts) that a pause in the delivery of a key weapons package was due to the conflict
military, political and economic force in the country. It is estimated to have tens of thousands of active personnel and has consistently been accused by Western nations of sponsoring terrorism abroad. Labour MPs have been
Iran and Lebanon – and caused global economic pain by pushing up energy prices. ## **Lead prosecutor withdraws from criminal case against James Comey**  The former FBI director James
forces have directed 33 Iran-linked vessels to turn around or return to an Iranian port. On Monday, the US military fired on and then captured the Iranian-flagged container ship Touska close
military disasters at the hands of Azerbaijan](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/21/nagorno-karabakh-armenia-protest-azerbaijan-ceasefire-deal) in 2020 and 2023. The second defeat involved the [overnight forced displacement of 100,000 Armenians from the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/30/almost-all-ethnic-armenians-have-left-nagorno-karabakh-azerbaijan).
US President Donald Trump. (Photo by ibrahim AMRO / AFP via Getty Images) /](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5255x3503+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F40%2Fb7%2Ff7642c6c42a888e0c8a55c384dff%2Fgettyimages-2271123710.jpg) A supporter of Hezbollah holds a machine gun while celebrating the ceasefire with Israel as it takes effect after midnight
threat of war,” Mangrubang told Al Jazeera. This coastal province on the country’s northwestern tip faces the South China Sea and is just 345km (214 miles) south of Taiwan. Due to its strategic location
forces from the territories they occupied during this war, the war has not fully come to an end,” said the Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi. A [Hezbollah](https://www.theguardian.com/world/hezbollah) media relations official also said
forces pressed ahead with efforts to reopen the strait of Hormuz. The Iranian strike on the UAE was the second in 48 hours, and came shortly after the US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, insisted
military spending, say sources The new defence secretary is to revisit a controversial plan for funding the armed forces and may return to demand more cash from the Treasury, allies have said. Multiple government sources
force,” the official said. “We hope to draw them down. We’re not doing that yet. We want to see the Iranians do what they promise.”  “I began to question the acceptance of Zionist thought from university onwards,” Hilton told Al Jazeera. “I’d met liberal
Forces (IDF) has "so far been unable to develop any effective countermeasures", as the small drones can easily bypass detection systems. The drones can also be made from commercially available and 3D-printed components
force since April 8 having paused the conflict. Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday cautioned against the possibility of a “frozen conflict”, where the critical waterway is used as a pressure card amid