Parties to the Mideast conflict appeared to step back from the brink late Monday after a flurry of regional and other diplomacy that included US President Donald Trump pressuring Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “not go into a major raid of Beirut,” according to one of Trump’s social media posts.
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An MOU to extend the ceasefire and reopen the strait appears to still be in play after Israel reversed course on plans to bomb Beirut.












