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NABATIEH, LEBANON - APRIL 08: Smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike in the city center on April 08, 2026 in Nabatieh, Lebanon. Israel has stepped-up its attacks on Lebanon following President Donald Trump's announcement of a two-week ceasefire agreement between the US and Iran, conditional on shipping being allowed to resume through the Strait of Hormuz. Israel says it will observe the ceasefire with Iran but insists Lebanon was not included in the deal, and has since launched the "largest coordinated strik

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In talks with Lebanon, Israel seeking guarantees to contain Hezbollah

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would seek to disarm Hezbollah and advance normalization with Lebanon in its talks with Beirut, though both goals appear highly ambitious at present.

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Vice President JD Vance told reporters talks with Iran had failed to reach an agreement, but Tehran is still considering the 'final and best offer' from Washington

Vance says talks failed to reach agreement with Iran

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) walks with Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif upon his arrival during an official ceremony at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey on June 1, 2022. (Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP) (Photo by ADEM ALTAN/AFP via Getty Images)

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El papel de Turquía en el alto el fuego entre Estados Unidos e Irán.

Turquía utilizó sus redes de inteligencia y su acceso privilegiado tanto a Washington como a Teherán para facilitar discretamente el alto el fuego entre Estados Unidos e Irán, al tiempo que impulsaba sus propias prioridades de seguridad regional.

Barin Kayaoglu

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Egipto busca avances energéticos mientras la guerra con Irán agrava la crisis del gas.

Entre los países que no se encuentran en la línea directa de fuego del conflicto del Golfo, pocos han sentido las repercusiones con tanta intensidad como Egipto.

Samuel Wendel

Por Samuel Wendel

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FILE PHOTO: President Donald Trump arrives to speak about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Washington. Alex Brandon/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Trump says US forces are 'clearing' Strait of Hormuz

Reuters

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Les presentamos a Nada Hamadeh, la embajadora de Líbano en Estados Unidos que liderará las conversaciones con Israel.

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun receives Ambassador to the United States Nada Hamadeh in Beirut on Aug. 29, 2025. (Lebanese Presidency)

Iranian source says US has agreed to release frozen Iranian assets in Qatar, other banks

U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner walk with Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir, and Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar after arriving for peace talks with Iranian officials in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, April 11, 2026. Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Handout via REUTERS

Analysis

Alto el fuego sin tregua: cómo los iraníes afrontan la represión de la posguerra.

People gather under a large portrait of Iran's new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, during a memorial to mark the 40th day since his father, Ali Ayatollah Khamenei, was killed in US-Israeli joint strikes, on April 9, 2026, in Tehran, Iran.

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Por A correspondent in Tehran

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Líbano refuerza su presencia militar en Beirut mientras Hezbolá critica duramente las conversaciones con Israel: Lo que hay que saber

A Lebanese army vehicle is parked at the departures area of Beirut's Rafik Hariri airport on April 10, 2026. Israel's military on April 9 warned residents of Beirut's southern suburbs, long a stronghold of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, of imminent strikes and called for them to evacuate. While Israel regularly issues evacuation warnings before bombing the southern suburbs, the announcement also included the outskirts of Lebanon's only international airport. (Photo by Anwar AMRO / AFP via Getty Images)

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A young woman mourns over the body of her sister Hawraa, 22, during the funeral service of six women and a man killed in Israeli strikes yesterday in Abbasiyeh, at a mosque in Tyre, Lebanon, April 10, 2026. REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki

Israeli strike kills infant girl in south Lebanon during father's funeral

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FILE PHOTO: Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visits Al-Aqsa compound also known to Jews as the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City August 13, 2024, in this screengrab obtained from a handout video. Temple Mount Administration/Handout via REUTERS.

Israel's Ben-Gvir visits flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound

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Vice President JD Vance arrived for a news conference in Islamabad where he announced Iran and the US had failed to reach an agreement to end the war in the Middle East

US-Iran talks fail to find deal but Gulf truce holds for now

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A Palestinian flag on a boat next to a member of a humanitarian flotilla preparing to depart for Gaza, in Barcelona, Spain, April 11, 2026. REUTERS/Nacho Doce,

Gaza aid flotilla aims to break Israeli blockade

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People gather under a large portrait of Iran's new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, during a memorial to mark the 40th day since his father, Ali Ayatollah Khamenei, was killed in US-Israeli joint strikes, on April 9, 2026, in Tehran, Iran.

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