On Tuesday, Israeli troops in southern Lebanon struck twice at what they said were Hezbollah militants threatening their positions around the Ali al-Taher ridge, home to what Israel says is an extensive underground Hezbollah fortress.
U.S.-Iranian Trash Talk Is Disrupting Peace Negotiations
As fragile U.S. talks with Iran got under way last weekend in Switzerland, President Trump tossed an unexpected grenade-a social-media threat to attack Iran if it didn't stop funding its allied Lebanese militia Hezbollah.
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the chief Iranian negotiator, was unaware, having left his phone outside the negotiating room. When an aide briefed Ghalibaf on the president's comment, he turned to chide his U.S. counterpart, JD Vance, people familiar with the matter said.
Trump Is Running Out of European Friends-Even on the Nationalist Right
