### [2026-05-23](/feed/2026/05/23/index.md)

##### Middle Eastern crisis
# U.S. president Donald Trump says that the details of the emerging agreement will be "announced shortly," and that it will include the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. 




### Sources:

1. [Al Jazeera](https://aje.news/osen4f?update=4596781)

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