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Lebanon have agreed to extend their ceasefire** for three weeks following high-level negotiations at the White House. This extension aims to [maintain the fragile truce to pause fighting](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/23/nx-s1-5796719/iran-middle-east-updates) between the Israeli
currently stranded at sea,” he said in a social media post. - Matt Duss, executive vice president at the Center for International Policy, said Trump’s insistence that Iran accept zero uranium enrichment had made
action has taken a heavy toll on the city’s civilian infrastructure: - Since March 2, 2026, until this week, Tyre has been subjected to approximately 31 direct Israeli air raids. - At least 25 residential buildings
military operations in Iran do not require congressional approval. The War Powers Act, which has been in force since 1973, requires the president to seek lawmakers’ approval before entering armed conflict. Only imminent attacks
current conflict is that Iran is increasingly abandoning the logic that has defined its regional posture for years, says Rob Geist Pinfold, international security lecturer at King’s College London. “Initially, the whole point
Lebanon and expanded after Israel imposed its blockade on Gaza in 2007. Since then, hundreds of vessels organised by international solidarity groups have attempted to reach the territory, carrying humanitarian aid and activists
current US troop strength in Germany at 40,000. US officials have suggested an army brigade combat team already deployed in Germany would be withdrawn and the planned deployment of a long-range artillery battalion
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 him on the ceasefire’s terms. Netanyahu
current Syrian president, who led the military offensive that toppled his predecessor. The complicated relationship between Lebanon and Syria dates back to their foundation as modern nations. While Mount Lebanon as a region
currently being negotiated with Iran will be [“far better”](/news/liveblog/2026/4/21/iran-war-live-tehran-shuns-talks-trump-says-us-blockade-to-remain) than the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which he withdrew from in 2018 during his first term in office. The original 2015 accord
current situation”. “Giorgia Meloni doesn’t want to help us in the war. I’m shocked,” Trump said. “Do people like the fact that your president isn’t doing anything
action as “defensive”. In Iran, the news website Tabnak, believed to be close to former Revolutionary Guard chief Mohsen Rezaei, identified four dead Guard troops it said had been killed in American strikes on boats
Lebanon and Israel. Despite the truce, the Israeli military and Hezbollah warned residents not to return to their villages for their own safety.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4000x4000+1000+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F71%2F92%2F11ce087f448182cdfe31a4cc75cd%2Fgettyimages-2271154577.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/17/g-s1-117788/middle-east-conflict-israel-lebanon-us-updates) ### [Middle East conflict](https://www.npr.org/series/1205445976/middle-east-crisis) ### [The Strait
military impotence. Donald Trump’s [social media post](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116713809450237814) urging Iran and Israel to stop firing at each other did not reek of a man in control of events. Iran’s decision
actions in both places. “We used to see our colleagues in Gaza come through the door all the time. I’ve had colleagues, nurses, medical students killed by Israeli weapons
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said that troops would continue operations against the militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon. Iran said that Israel's operations against Hezbollah prompted its missile strikes on Israel, first on Sunday
military offensive in Gaza that began in 2023 and has seen more than 72,000 people killed, according to Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry. Israel's offensive began after the militant group Hamas attacked
military invasion. Ismail Qaani, the head of the Quds Force, the foreign branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), visited Baghdad at the weekend, aiming to break the leadership deadlock, according to sources