A lawless, cavalier attitude to truces is taking hold in many parts of the Middle East

De-escalation, rather than lasting peace, is still important.

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US President Donald Trump's remarks came less than 24 hours after Iran attacked an airport in Kuwait, putting further strain on a fragile ceasefire with the US. | World News

President Trump privately told advisors the US-Iran ceasefire holds unless American troops are killed, as Iranian strikes target Kuwait and Bahrain.

June 4 - Residents of Gaza, south Lebanon, northern Israel and Kuwait were all under fire this week despite U.S.-arranged ceasefires supposedly in force in their regions.Israeli…

While major fighting has greatly reduced, munitions are still falling and people still dying

Three truces the Trump administration negotiated were meant to have stopped the warfare. But while major fighting has greatly reduced, munitions are still falling and people still…

A lawless, cavalier attitude to truces is taking hold in many parts of the Middle East

Trump's ceasefires in West Asia are failing, with ongoing violence despite efforts to broker peace in the region.

The US, Iran, Israel and Hezbollah all have reasons to avoid full-scale war. But none yet has a serious route to peace.

“It seems that the term ceasefire no longer really has any kind of operational meaning,” one analyst told NBC News, as ceasefire deals fail to halt conflicts across the Middle…

Both sides accuse the other of violating the truce that was supposed to halt the conflict in April, yet neither appears willing to abandon negotiations altogether.