Israel-Lebanon ceasefire begins
The leaders of Lebanon and Israel agreed to start a 10-day truce at 5 p.m. Eastern Time Thursday.
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The leaders of Lebanon and Israel agreed to start a 10-day truce at 5 p.m. Eastern Time Thursday.
Israel has been fighting the Iranian regime and its proxy Hezbollah in Lebanon across the border. That local ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon could affect U.S. efforts to come to a broader regional agreement with Iran. Charlie D'Agata reports.
Lebanon and Israel agreed to a 10-day ceasefire on Thursday. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang has more details on the U.S.-brokered deal.
A 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon took effect Thursday evening, hours after President Trump announced the temporary truce. CBS News' Charlie D'Agata and Joe Zacks have the latest on the state of conflict in the Middle East.
President Trump spoke to reporters before leaving the White House on Thursday, addressing several topics from the war with Iran to his feud with Pope Leo XIV.
President Trump said on social media Thursday that Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire, set to begin at 5 p.m. ET. CBS News' Natalie Brand, Eleanor Watson and Taurean Small have more.
With the Iran war paused halfway through a 2-week ceasefire, President Trump is again voicing optimism over the potential for a deal to end it for good.
Israeli and Lebanese officials met in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday for their first direct diplomatic discussions in more than three decades. CBS News intelligence and national security reporter Olivia Gazis has more.
As talks between Israel and Lebanon took place Tuesday, President Trump suggested that face-to-face talks between the U.S. and Iran could resume within days. Weijia Jiang reports.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is taking part in talks between Israeli and Lebanese officials in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday in an effort to broker a peace deal between Israel and Hezbollah. CBS News' Courtney Kealy has more.
Israeli and Lebanese officials are set to meet on Tuesday in Washington, D.C., as part of an effort to end the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to join the talks. CBS News contributor Robert Berger has more.
Israel and Lebanon are holding talks in the U.S. as tensions grow over strikes and operations against Hezbollah and Lebanese military forces. CBS News' Courtney Kealy reports.
Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Leiter disputed a report about the run-up to the Iran war, saying the two countries have "been in lockstep from the beginning in the planning, in the implementation, and we're going to end this thing together as well."
Vice President JD Vance appears positive about talks with Iran in Pakistan, but President Trump remains frustrated about Tehran's control over the Strait of Hormuz. CBS News' Ed O'Keefe and Imtiaz Tyab report.
The world is awaiting the results of talks in Islamabad, Pakistan, between U.S. and Iranian officials as concerns grow about the fragile ceasefire in the Iran war. CBS News' Nancy Cordes reports, and Humza Jilani, the Pakistan correspondent for the Financial Times, joins with more insight.
President Trump posted claims on social media that Iran is doing a "very poor job" of allowing oil through the Strait of Hormuz. This comes as U.S. representatives prepare to hold talks in Islamabad, Pakistan, with Iranian officials. CBS News' Olivia Rinaldi, Imtiaz Tyab and Ramy Inocencio report.
Only about a dozen ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz in the first two days of the ceasefire, far below normal traffic levels before the war, data shows.
The U.S. is planning to host diplomatic talks in Washington, D.C., next week between Israel and Lebanon, sources say. This followed confusion over whether Lebanon was included in the ceasefire agreement between Iran, the U.S. and Israel. CBS News' Zak Hudak and Sam Vinograd have more.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, "There's no ceasefire in Lebanon," and that Israel will continue striking the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah. However, Netanyahu authorized direct talks with Lebanon starting next week in Washington, D.C. Ed O'Keefe reports.
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 Israel and Lebanon. CBS News' Major Garrett and Ed O'Keefe have more.
Sources tell CBS News that the U.S. will host diplomatic talks to craft a ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel. BBC Middle East correspondent Hugo Bachega joins CBS News with the latest.
Alex Shams, editor-in-chief of the AJAM Media Collection, has family in Iran and spoke with CBS News about their reactions to the fragile ceasefire currently in place with the U.S.
Iran says the U.S. is violating the ceasefire agreement announced earlier this week between the two countries by letting Israel continue its strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon. Meanwhile, Iran is still holding a tight grip on the Strait of Hormuz. CBS News' Elizabeth Palmer, Natalie Brand and Caitlin Huey-Burns have more.
Israeli strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon have become a potential breaking point in the fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire. CBS News' Imtiaz Tyab and Nancy Cordes report.
The U.S. and Israel publicly disagree with Iran and Pakistan over whether the country to Israel's north is included in the Iran ceasefire.