Category: 3. Middle East

On Tuesday, Trump signalled the US may pursue both strategies at once. In a matter of hours, the Pentagon ordered ground troops to Iran, and US negotiators sent the Iranian regime a new 15-point peace plan. By Wednesday, the White House was…

US President Donald Trump insisted that Iran has been negotiating with his administration and “badly” wants a deal, hours after his press secretary said the US is “very close” to achieving its objectives in the bombing campaign.

The…

Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem said negotiations with Israel under fire would amount to “surrender”, as the Iran-backed group launched attacks and Israel said it was expanding a “buffer zone” inside Lebanon.

Israel, which occupied southern Lebanon…

Eleven Palestinian families were evicted from their homes in the Batan al-Hawa section of East Jerusalem’s Silwan neighborhood on Wednesday, following a Supreme Court ruling from last year determining that their houses were owned by Jews…

Reports about Trump’s proposal, passed to Iran by Pakistan, suggest the terms would be difficult for Iran to accept. They include strict limits on Iran’s nuclear capabilities, missile programmes, and support for regional allies, in return for…

JTA — A Justice Department task force meant to investigate the perpetrators of the October 7, 2023, Hamas terror attacks has shed much of its staff and resources as the Trump administration has upended the federal judiciary, according to…