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CNA
6 days ago
- Politics
- CNA
Middle East tensions: Ceasefire appears to be holding following days of conflict in Syria's south
A ceasefire appears to be holding in Syria's south, with government troops moving out of the city of Sweida overnight. The US had intervened to end days of fighting between government forces and fighters from the Druze minority group. Blake Sifton reports from Tel Aviv.
LBCI
12-07-2025
- Politics
- LBCI
Sources to Reuters: Dispute over Israeli troop withdrawal hinders Gaza truce talks
Palestinian and Israeli sources familiar with the negotiations in Doha revealed that talks aimed at reaching a ceasefire in Gaza are stalling over the issue of Israeli troop withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. The sources told Reuters that indirect talks over a U.S.-proposed 60-day ceasefire are expected to continue despite the latest obstacle to reaching an agreement. A Palestinian source said the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) rejected the withdrawal maps proposed by Israel, as they would leave about 40% of the territory under Israeli control—including the entire southern area of Rafah and other regions in northern and eastern Gaza. Two Israeli sources stated that Hamas wants Israel to withdraw to the lines it held during the previous ceasefire before it resumed its offensive in March. The Palestinian source also noted that issues related to humanitarian aid and guarantees to end the war remain a challenge, but suggested the crisis could be resolved with further U.S. intervention. Reuters
Al Jazeera
29-06-2025
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
Trump reiterates Iran nuclear talking points despite swirling questions
United States President Donald Trump has reiterated a vow not to allow Iran to get nuclear weapons following the end of Iran and Israel's recent 12-day conflict, in which the US militarily intervened, and has stuck closely to his narrative as questions remain about the impact of US strikes on Iran's nuclear sites. On the Fox News programme Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo, Trump repeated his claim that Iran was 'weeks away' from making the weapons before Israel attacked on June 13. Nine days later, the US targeted Iran's top three nuclear facilities: Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan. Both US intelligence and the United Nations nuclear watchdog have ascertained that Tehran was not building a nuclear arsenal. Iran has long insisted that its nuclear programme is for civilian purposes only. While Trump has said that the sites were 'obliterated' by the US bombers, in the wake of the attacks, several major news organisations, citing intelligence sources, have reported that the US strikes did not destroy the facilities. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Monday that it was unclear what damage had been sustained at the Fordow plant, which houses the bulk of Iran's most highly enriched uranium needed to make a nuclear weapon. On Sunday, IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said Iran could restart uranium enrichment in a matter of months, while Trump insisted over the weekend that the attacks had set Iran's nuclear ambitions back 'by decades'. According to an IAEA report last month, Iran has more than 400kg (880lb) of uranium enriched to up to 60 per cent purity, close to the roughly 90 per cent weapons grade – which is enough, if enriched further, for nine nuclear weapons. Trump told Fox News that the news outlets questioning the efficacy of the attacks he ordered and lauded were spreading 'fake news'. 'It's just horrible and I could see it happening, and they [news outlets] tried to build that into a story, but then it turned out, no, it was obliterated like nobody has ever seen before and that meant the end to their nuclear ambitions at least for a period of time,' Trump said. On whether or not Iran would restart its nuclear programme following the end of the conflict, Trump said, 'The last thing they want to do right now is think about nuclear.' During the attack on the sites, reports emerged that Iran had removed the enriched uranium from Fordow, but Trump claimed that was false. 'It's a very hard thing to do, plus we didn't give them much notice because they didn't know we were coming until just then and nobody thought we would go after that site because everybody said that site was impenetrable… it's at the bottom of a mountain and it's granite,' he said. '[But] the bomb went through it like butter, like it was absolute butter,' he said. Trade talks Separately, Trump told Fox that US trade talks with Canada would be stopped 'until such time as they drop certain taxes' after Canada pushed ahead with a new digital services tax on foreign and domestic technology companies. Regarding a trade deal with China, Trump said that while Washington, DC has a large trade deficit with Beijing, the US was currently 'getting along' with China. The president added that he had found a buyer for the social media platform TikTok, by a group of 'very wealthy people', who he will reveal in about two weeks after he extended a ban on the app for the third time, for another 90 days.
Yahoo
29-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
CBS News reports from inside Tehran as city mourns those killed in airstrikes
CBS News' senior foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab has been reporting on conditions in Iran's capital, Tehran, following Israeli and U.S. airstrikes on the country. Tyab attended the main Friday prayers in Tehran and heard how local Iranians feel about the latest U.S. intervention in the Middle East.
South China Morning Post
29-06-2025
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
Why China may be keeping a close eye on Trump's Middle East moves
As the US gets more entangled in the Israel-Iran conflict , China is likely to be keeping a close watch and picking up some clues on American interventionism in regional disputes. According to one China watcher, Beijing may be a 'long-term beneficiary' of the American retreat from stable leadership, as Washington's strikes on Iran have revealed it to be an uncertain and unpredictable global power. More significantly, the conflict has revealed Washington's reluctance to engage in a prolonged war, offering the Chinese leadership clues on how the Trump administration might approach other flashpoints, including Taiwan. The US carried out air strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities last weekend in an operation Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth called a 'resounding success' that obliterated Iran's nuclear capabilities. It followed an intense exchange of fire between Israel and Iran that started on June 13 when Israel launched surprise air attacks on Iranian military and nuclear facilities. On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump announced that a ceasefire had been reached in the '12-day war' between the traditional adversaries. However, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday downplayed the impact of the US strikes, claiming that Tehran had delivered a 'slap to America's face' by striking a US airbase in Qatar over the weekend.
