The conflict between the US and Iran has escalated rapidly, with intensified attacks. It is not an all-out war. Both sides continue to signal that there are limits and that they want to return to an agreement, says Middle East expert Aron Lund at FOI.
ConflictsA rift between the US and Israel appears to be worsening after Vice President JD Vance accused several Israeli ministers of campaigning for a US-led war on Iran to continue for an "indefinite period".
ConflictsIsrael and Lebanon have agreed during negotiations in Rome to implement so-called "trial zones" in southern Lebanon, according to a US government source.
WorldAt least four people have been killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a vehicle in southern Lebanon, Lebanon's state news agency NNA reports.
WorldUS President Donald Trump will meet Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky and Syria's Ahmed al-Sharaa on Wednesday on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Turkey, the White House announced.
World politicsIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may meet with Donald Trump at the White House next week, the U.S. president told Axios.
World politicsAfter months of fleeing the war between Hezbollah and Israel, more than 640,000 internally displaced people have returned to their homes in southern Lebanon, according to the UN migration agency IOM.
WorldIsrael says its forces have destroyed a 200-meter-long Hezbollah tunnel in southern Lebanon. Israel's continued attacks constitute a violation of the ceasefire, the Iran-backed Shiite militia says.
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