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Middle East on warships. Vice President JD Vance is expected to lead the US delegation if a second round of talks does materialise, but no date has been finalised. Pakistan’s military chief, Field Marshal
military, and other state targets, in the territory of Lebanon by land, air, and sea." Both countries requested that the U.S. facilitate further negotiations, according to the ceasefire agreement published by the U.S. State Department
current ceasefire with Iran expires next week. Speaking aboard Air Force One on Friday night, asked by a reporter what he will do if there's no deal before the ceasefire expires, Trump said
Middle East. In Iraq, workers say they are [targets of Iran-allied attacks](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/18/us-contractors-stranded-iraq-iran), and one [employee was killed](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/05/us-defense-contractor-v2x-worker-killed-iraq) in a night-time drone attack in March. On 9 April
presence would leave Lebanon with the right to resist depending on how events unfold. Hezbollah has both a political wing, with lawmakers in Lebanon's national parliament, and militia that operates largely independently
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
us with cell phones and cameras. I have been fishing in this area since 2016, and back then, everyone was free to fish. I would catch 400-500 kilograms of fish in a night, about