Paris – The latest developments in the Middle East war:
Trump says Washington shooting will not stop Iran war
US President Donald Trump said a shooting at a Washington media dinner on Saturday would not divert him from the Iran war.
“It’s not going to deter me from winning the war in Iran. I don’t know if that had anything to do with it, I really don’t think so, based on what we know,” Trump told reporters at the White House after the incident.
Iran executes accused militant
Iran on Sunday executed a man convicted of membership in the Sunni militant group Jaish al-Adl and involvement in attacks on security forces in the southeast, the judiciary said. On Saturday it announced the execution of a man accused of passing intelligence to Israel.
Israel strikes southern Lebanon
Lebanese state media reported a series of new Israeli strikes in at least four different locations in the country’s south late Saturday, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered his military to attack Hezbollah following alleged ceasefire breaches.
Attacks earlier in the day reportedly killed six people, despite a recently extended ceasefire.
Iran FM back to Pakistan
With US-Iran peace talks called off, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will head back to Pakistan after visiting Oman, state media reported Saturday.
The IRNA news agency, citing Iran’s foreign ministry, reported that Araghchi, who had left Islamabad earlier in the day, “is scheduled to visit Pakistan again after completing his trip to Oman and before travelling to Russia”.
Araghchi said earlier it remained to be seen whether the United States was “truly serious about diplomacy” amidst doubts over whether the two sides will hold new talks.
Pakistan ‘committed’ to role
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said he had spoken by phone with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian after US-Iran peace talks in Islamabad were called off.
“Pakistan remains committed to serve as an honest and sincere facilitator – working tirelessly to advance durable peace and lasting stability in the region,” Sharif wrote on X.
Trump cancels envoys’ Pakistan trip
US President Donald Trump ordered his envoys not to travel to Pakistan for talks with Iranian officials on ending the war.
In a post on his Truth Social platform, he said: “There is tremendous infighting and confusion within their ‘leadership.’ Nobody knows who is in charge, including them.”
Trump said the move did not mean a restart of the war.
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Source: AFP
