#Middle East Conflict

Articles (30)

• 🇺🇸 What the Cease-Fire Means for Iran — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  Emerging from weeks of U.S. and Israeli airstrikes, an emboldened Iran has 10 demands for talks during the tenuous cease-fire, according to Iranian state media. Our reporter Erika Solomon assesses Ira...

  Related: #Geopolitics, #Diplomacy
• 🇺🇸 U.S. and Iran prepare for ceasefire talks as Netanyahu authorizes negotiations with Lebanon — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  There remain many issues that could derail the truce — as well as negotiations for a broader deal to permanently end the war.

  Related: #Diplomacy, #Ceasefire Negotiations
• 🇺🇸 Vance to attend high-stakes peace talks with Iran amid a fragile ceasefire — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  U.S. and Iranian officials are set to meet this weekend for peace talks, with Vice President JD Vance attending for one day of negotiations. The talks come after another day of Israeli strikes on Hezb...

  Related: #Diplomacy, #Ceasefire
• 🇺🇸 Iran ceasefire undercuts Netanyahu’s election pitch — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  Military campaign backed by Israeli public falls short of prime minister’s aims ahead of polls

  Related: #Israeli Politics, #Election Strategy
• 🇺🇸 U.S. soldier who survived Kuwait strike says unit was "unprepared" — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  CBS News exclusively spoke with a member of the Army's 103rd Sustainment Command, which is based in Iowa. The soldier survived an Iranian drone strike that killed six others and said their unit was "u...

  Related: #Military Readiness, #National Security
• 🇺🇸 Amid Trump’s Threats, NATO Labors to Survive the Iran War — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  President Trump is citing the unwillingness of European nations to back the United States in the conflict as another reason to scale back or abandon the alliance. And he still wants Greenland.

  Related: #NATO Crisis, #Transatlantic Relations
• 🇺🇸 Rep. Rick Crawford reacts to U.S. soldiers disputing Pentagon's account of deadly Kuwait attack — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Rep. Rick Crawford, chair of the House Intelligence Committee, joins "The Takeout" to discuss the war in the Middle East, including claims from Army survivors of the deadly Iranian attack on U.S. forc...

  Related: #Military Accountability, #Congressional Oversight
• 🇺🇸 Trump says he asked Netanyahu to scale back Lebanon strikes — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  President Trump said Thursday that he urged Israel to scale back its military bombardment of targets in Lebanon, with the U.S. State Department later saying it would lead ceasefire efforts between Isr...

  Related: #Foreign Policy, #Diplomacy
• 🇺🇸 State Department to hold ceasefire talks between Israel, Lebanon — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  The State Department will host a meeting next week in Washington, D.C., to discuss ongoing ceasefire negotiations with Israel and Lebanon, a department official confirmed Thursday. The official gave n...

  Related: #Diplomacy, #Ceasefire
• 🇺🇸 Spain accuses Israel of breaking international law, truce with Lebanon attacks — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Spain condemned the recent barrage of strikes in Lebanon, accusing the Israeli military of violating international law and the temporary ceasefire reached by the U.S. and Iran this week. “We’re facing...

  Related: #International Diplomacy, #International Law
• 🇺🇸 US Democrats warn Trump that Iran ceasefire must apply to Lebanon — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Democratic lawmakers tell White House that allowing Israel to continue to bomb Lebanon could reignite the regional war.

  Related: #US Foreign Policy, #Political Pressure
• 🇺🇸 Sidon residents recall horror of Israeli strikes after Iran ceasefire — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Residents in Sidon are surveying the destruction after Israeli strikes flattened a religious complex.

  Related: #Ceasefire Violation, #Civilian Impact
• 🇺🇸 Israel’s Netanyahu ready for talks with Lebanon ‘as soon as possible’ — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Israeli PM says his gov't ready to enter negotiations on 'disarming Hezbollah' and 'establishing peaceful relations'.

  Related: #Diplomacy, #Security
• 🇺🇸 European Leaders Demand That U.S. Cease-Fire With Iran Include Lebanon — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Britain, France and the European Union condemned Israel’s strikes targeting Hezbollah in the country, saying these threatened the truce.

  Related: #Diplomacy, #International Relations
• 🇺🇸 Has Iran’s 10-point plan changed, as JD Vance claims? — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  The proposal fuels uncertainty as US officials offer conflicting interpretations of the plan to permanently end hostilities.

  Related: #Diplomacy, #Geopolitics
• 🇺🇸 Army survivor says Kuwait post was known target for Iranian drone strike before attack — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  U.S. service members who survived the Iranian attack in Kuwait last month speak out for the first time since the deadly strike. In an exclusive interview with CBS News' Jonah Kaplan, one soldier says ...

  Related: #Military Intelligence, #Accountability
• 🇺🇸 Vance takes center stage in faltering Iran ceasefire — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Morning Report is The Hill’s a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today’s issue: Vice President Vance has quickly become a central figure in trying to maintain a shaky ceasefire in a war that he has r...

  Related: #Diplomacy, #U.S. Foreign Policy
• 🇺🇸 Trump's ceasefire with Iran mired in dispute over Israel's war in Lebanon — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  As Trump issues a new warning to Iran to comply with a tenuous two-week ceasefire, the two sides don't even seem to agree on the terms of the deal.

  Related: #Diplomacy, #Geopolitical Tensions
• 🇺🇸 US vice-president says Iran mistaken that truce includes Lebanon — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Tehran threatens to withdraw from ceasefire pact over Israeli attacks on Hizbollah

  Related: #Geopolitics, #Diplomacy, #Ceasefire Negotiations
• 🇺🇸 US VP JD Vance says Lebanon is not part of the US-Iran ceasefire — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  US Vice President JD Vance says Lebanon is not part of the US-Iran ceasefire.

  Related: #Diplomacy, #Geopolitics
• 🇺🇸 Iran war live: Lebanon mourns as Israel raids shake Trump, Tehran ceasefire — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  UN human rights chief Volker Turk describes Israel's attacks on Lebanon as 'horrific' coming so soon after ceasefire.

  Related: #International Diplomacy, #Human Rights
• 🇺🇸 Masih Alinejad says Iran ceasefire is not real: "A wounded regime is like a wounded animal" — 08/04/2026 [USA]

  The U.S., Israel and Iran have begun a fragile two-week ceasefire in the Middle East. CBS News contributor and Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad joins with analysis.

  Related: #Geopolitics, #Diplomacy
• 🇺🇸 ‘Israel must be restrained for US-Iran ceasefire to hold’ — 08/04/2026 [USA]

  Former US counterterrorism chief Joe Kent had warned Israel could ‘sabotage’ the US-Iran ceasefire.

  Related: #Geopolitics, #Diplomacy
• 🇺🇸 JD Vance says Iran would be ‘dumb’ to let talks collapse over Lebanon — 08/04/2026 [USA]

  The US vice president says Iran had a 'legitimate misunderstanding' about Lebanon's inclusion in this week's ceasefire.

  Related: #Diplomacy, #US Foreign Policy
• 🇺🇸 Vance blames 'legitimate misunderstanding' for dispute over whether Lebanon included in ceasefire — 08/04/2026 [USA]

  Vice President Vance on Wednesday said there was a “legitimate misunderstanding” on the ceasefire agreement with Iran after its leaders slammed the U.S. for an Israeli attack on Lebanon.  "I think thi...

  Related: #Diplomacy, #Ceasefire Negotiations
• 🇺🇸 Trump backs Israel, says Lebanon a ‘separate skirmish’ after ceasefire — 08/04/2026 [USA]

  After Israeli strikes on Beirut, Donald Trump said Lebanon isn’t included in the Iran ceasefire.

  Related: #Geopolitics, #US Foreign Policy
• 🇺🇸 Vance calls U.S.-Iran agreement a "fragile truce," work remains for lasting peace — 08/04/2026 [USA]

  President Trump has announced a ceasefire with Iran, but several questions remain about a long-term diplomatic solution to the fighting in the Middle East. CBS News' Natalie Brand and

  Related: #Diplomacy, #International Security
• 🇺🇸 Iran closes Strait of Hormuz over Israeli barrage in Lebanon — 08/04/2026 [USA]

  Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday over the Israeli military’s barrage of attacks in Lebanon against Iran-backed Hezbollah, Iranian state media reported.  Two tankers were able to go throug...

  Related: #Geopolitics, #Energy Security, #Iran-Israel Relations
• 🇺🇸 Lebanon may pose a stumbling block in fragile US-Iran ceasefire — 08/04/2026 [USA]

  Israel launched a barrage of attacks without warning in Lebanon on Wednesday, striking more than 100 sites in 10 minutes as a fragile ceasefire agreement between the U.S. and Iran hangs in the balance...

  Related: #US-Iran Diplomacy, #Israel-Lebanon Tensions, #Ceasefire Challenges
• 🇺🇸 Rubio says US journalist Shelly Kittleson is free, working on safe departure from Iraq — 08/04/2026 [USA]

  Secretary of State Marco Rubio said late Tuesday that American journalist Shelly Kittleson was freed after being held hostage by an Iran-backed militia in Iraq for a little over a week. “I am pleased ...

  Related: #International Relations, #Hostage Crisis, #US Politics