Two or three surveillance drones over Beirut, flying low... at the same time… Iran insists Lebanon must be included in the ceasefire agreement as a precondition for talks in Islamabad. Concerns are growing that Işrael may be preparing something else…potentially to blow up the negotiations table.show more

Middle East Expert Adam Weinstein (Quincy Institute) The attack... on Lebanon might be a deliberate sabotage, or Israel trying to get as many strikes as it can before there’s a comprehensive agreement, or Israelis trying to make sure that their concerns in Lebanon are at the table. But it's undermining the ceasefire. Pakistani PM announced the ceasefire included Lebanon. So it has already been violated. Not only southern Beirut, nowhere is safe from Israeli strikes in Lebanon & that’s a real escalation. Both sides are pretending the ceasefire is real, to try to get some progress in Islamabad. But cease fires that work are the exception, not the rule. If attacks continue, it will fall apart at some point.show more

Ahead of ceasefire talks, Iranian officials met with Pakistan's... prime minister in Islamabad. Peace talks are underway between Iran and the U.S., where Iran has outlined a ceasefire in Lebanon and the release of frozen assets as conditions for an agreement. 🔗show more

US & IRAN MAY SIT DOWN FOR IN-PERSON TALKS... AS EARLY AS THIS THURSDAY Two U.S. officials just told the Associated Press, America and Iran are considering new face-to-face negotiations before the current ceasefire expires next week. Possible locations: Islamabad or Geneva.show more

🚨 BREAKING: US–#Iran talks may return to Islamabad. The... negotiations teams may hold another round of talks in #Islamabad this week after earlier face-to-face discussions ended without agreement. While no date or venue is confirmed, efforts are underway before the ceasefire expires next week. A fragile truce remains in place amid continued US naval presence in the Strait of #Hormuz.show more

Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has insisted the US... and Iran must uphold a ceasefire agreement, after talks between the two sides to end the war ended without a deal in Islamabad.show more

Delegations from Iran and the US arrive in Islamabad... for ceasefire talks, while Iran sets preconditions for negotiations to start. In Lebanon, the entire food system is in danger of collapsing. Al Jazeera’s marah with the latest.show more

In Beirut, Bilal Saleh said he was wounded while... rescuing people during an Israeli strike. Iran threw doubt over negotiations scheduled for Saturday in Pakistan, saying a ceasefire must take hold in Lebanon before peace talks with the US can proceedshow more

Multiple Suv sIzed DRONES filmed flying at extremely low... altitude above cars on interstate in Virginia..are they tracking something or scanning the traffic for something that may be on the move? Not UAP or UFO but likely very nefarious. 👽 🛸show more

Australia’s PM Anthony Albanese is urging Lebanon be included... in the US-Iran ceasefire. The US has said the agreement does not apply to Lebanon, as Israeli attacks killed hundreds on the first day of the deal.show more

Professor Mohammad Marandi on Al Mayadeen: "What Trump says... cannot be relied upon. He is not among the people who can be relied upon to make a frank, honest statement. We must take anything he says with much suspicion — very often he exaggerates or lies." On Islamabad negotiations: The Americans initially said Iran's ten points would form a basis for talks, which Iran accepted. But during negotiations, the US was not prepared to take the required steps to reach an agreement. The US violated its commitment to the ceasefire in Lebanon and the Lebanese PM participated in sabotaging this agreement in coordination with the Trump and Netanyahu regimes. For that reason, Iranians refused to allow ships through the Strait of Hormuz during those days. "The United States will be forced to accept Iran's demands in order to move forward. The American side realized it cannot obtain from Iran at the negotiating table the same concessions that it could not obtain on the battlefield."show more

BREAKING: Iranians will not be going to Islamabad for... further talks with the U.S. Iran has announced that attending the negotiations would be a "waste of time" because the U.S. "prevents reaching any suitable agreement", Iran's Tasnim news agency reports. ＠DominicWaghorn |show more

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says that Lebanon should be... included in the "fragile" ceasefire agreement between the US and Iran. Follow the latest development in the war in the Middle East on our live blog:show more

In negotiations, the table should be level. Right now,... the table in the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue is flipped on its head. It's about time that equality is brought back to the table. That's the precondition to success. From yesterday’s discussion at #GLOBSEC2024 in Prague ⬇️show more

Israel launched its heaviest strikes yet on Lebanon, killing... over 250 people, most of them in Beirut, as a two-week US-Iran ceasefire took effect, with Iran saying the intensified attacks made negotiations with Washington 'unreasonable'show more

IRAN SETS PRECONDITIONS FOR TALKS • Ensure ceasefire in... Lebanon • Restore Iran’s blocked assets Iranian Speaker Ghalibaf: “Two agreed measures remain unfulfilled — ceasefire in Lebanon and release of assets. These must be completed before talks begin.”show more

US Vice President JD Vance has arrived in Islamabad... to lead the US delegation in crucial talks with Iran, as Pakistan’s PM Shehbaz Sharif calls the negotiations a "make-or-break" chance for a permanent ceasefire. Al Jazeera’s Kamal Hyder reports from Islamabad.show more

Dr. Marandi: "US keeps attacking Iran. The last two... times, Iran's response was heavy-handed. Israel said they want to flatten Beirut - in the West, no one cares about Beirut, so Iran had to step in. The US wants a ceasefire that excludes Gaza and Lebanon. Iran says no. Gaza and Lebanon are both a part of the ceasefire."show more