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    <date>2026-06-14</date>
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    <text>Pakistani prime minister Shehbaz Sharif and United States president Donald Trump announce that Iran and the U.S. have reached an agreement to end the war, extend the ceasefire by 60 more days, and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with the deal set to be officially signed in Switzerland on Friday. </text>
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    <date>2026-06-2</date>
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    <slug>/feed/2026/06/2/the-islamic-revolutionary-guards-corps-navy-coordinates-the-passage-of-24-commercial-ships-through-the-strait-of-hormuz</slug>
    <text>The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Navy coordinates the passage of 24 commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz over the past day after they obtained permission. </text>
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      <date>2026-06-1</date>
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      <text>Iran announces a pause on from peace talks with the United States, and, alongside the Axis of Resistance, announces plans to &quot;completely block&quot; the Strait of Hormuz and threatens to close the Strait of Mandeb, ruling out any further talks until Israel ends its military operations in Lebanon and Gaza. </text>
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    <date>2026-06-1</date>
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    <text>Iran announces a pause on peace talks with the United States, and, alongside the Axis of Resistance, announces plans to &quot;completely block&quot; the Strait of Hormuz and threatens to close the Strait of Mandeb, ruling out any further talks until Israel ends its military operations in Lebanon and Gaza. </text>
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    <date>2026-05-31</date>
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    <slug>/feed/2026/05/31/a-us-official-says-that-us-secretary-of-state-marco-rubio-has-spoken-with-lebanese-president-joseph-aoun-and-israeli</slug>
    <text>A U.S. official says that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has spoken with Lebanese president Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a effort to push for a new ceasefire in Lebanon, including an ending of Hezbollah attacks on Israel with Israel refraining from escalation in Beirut in return. </text>
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    <date>2026-05-15</date>
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    <text>The United States announces that Israel and Lebanon agreed to extend their ceasefire for 45 days, and that more specific political and security negotiations will begin on May 29 and June 2, respectively. </text>
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    <date>2026-04-16</date>
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    <index>8</index>
    <keywords>Israel</keywords>
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    <slug>/feed/2026/04/16/us-president-donald-trump-announces-that-israel-and-lebanon-have-agreed-to-a-10-day-ceasefire-after-his-conversations</slug>
    <text>U.S. president Donald Trump announces that Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire, after his conversations with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Lebanese president Joseph Aoun. </text>
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    <date>2026-04-14</date>
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    <text>Israeli and Lebanese officials meet in Washington, D.C., U.S., for the first direct peace talks between the countries in decades, with Israel prioritizing Hezbollah's disarmament and Lebanon limiting its mandate to ceasefire discussions. </text>
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    <date>2026-04-12</date>
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    <index>12</index>
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    <text>Pakistani sources say that the major disagreements during the talks were Iran's nuclear program, missile program, restrictions in the Strait of Hormuz, and calls for a ceasefire in Lebanon. </text>
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    <date>2026-04-9</date>
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    <keywords>Israel</keywords>
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    <slug>/feed/2026/04/9/after-pressure-from-the-united-states-israel-agrees-to-hold-direct-talks-with-lebanon-in-washington-dc-but-refuses</slug>
    <text>After pressure from the United States, Israel agrees to hold direct talks with Lebanon in Washington, D.C., but refuses to observe the Iran war ceasefire in Lebanon. </text>
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      <date>2026-04-5</date>
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      <slug>/feed/2026/04/5/hezbollah-claims-its-fighters-struck-an-israeli-military-vessel-of-the-coast-of-lebanon</slug>
      <text>Hezbollah claims its fighters struck an Israeli military vessel of the coast of Lebanon. </text>
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    <date>2026-04-5</date>
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    <text>Hezbollah claims its fighters struck an Israeli military vessel off the coast of Lebanon. </text>
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    <name>Al Jazeera</name>
    <day>20</day>
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  <text>The Iranian military command announces that the Strait of Hormuz is closed to traffic because of Israel's violations of the Islamabad Memorandum ceasefire in Lebanon. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy warns ships to stay away from the strait. </text>
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