CAIRO (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said new talks to wind down the war in Iran will start Monday afternoon, after announcing he is holding off on new massive strikes he had threatened to unleash on the country.The talks will seek to end the conflict and revive stalled cargo traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial waterway through which about a fifth of all traded oil and natural gas passed before the war.Iranian state media quoted the country’s foreign ministry as saying Tehran was not currently holding negotiations with the United States.In Gaza, local hospitals said at least 17 were killed in Israeli strikes over the weekend, including children. A strike on a residential apartment in southern Gaza killed three family members including a 4-year-old child, according to Nasser hospital, where the bodies arrived.The Israeli military said the strikes had targeted militant operatives.Here is a look at the most important developments in the Middle East today.
Trump announces renewed talksTrump said Sunday he decided not to carry out major strikes against Iran at the urging of Gulf allies Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. He said a plan was in place for U.S. forces to carry out “the biggest attack since World War II,” but he decided to give diplomacy more time after hearing from key Gulf leaders, as well as at the request of unnamed Iranian officials.
