Emmanuel Macron has spoken. The Strait of Hormuz will not be forced open by military means. It would be "unrealistic," he told reporters during a trip to South Korea, a location that, one must admit, puts him admirably close to the action.
For weeks, Beirut's new leadership - President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam - assured the international community that Hezbollah had disarmed south of the Litani River. The message was reassuring. It was also, as it turns out, either dangerously naive or deliberately false.
Spain has taken an extraordinary step. Defence Minister Margarita Robles announced Monday that Madrid has closed its airspace to American military aircraft involved in operations against Iran, going even further than its earlier refusal to allow the use of jointly-operated bases.
Leave it to France to find a way to defend the indefensible, and do it with such effortless diplomatic panache.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Friday the signing of a landmark defense cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia, sealed ahead of his meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh.
Lebanese hotels are no longer safe hiding spots for members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and the country's hoteliers are making sure of it.
While Donald Trump's teams are reportedly engaged in discussions over a potential ceasefire with Iran, covering the critical issues of nuclear capabilities, ballistic missiles, and proxy forces including Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis, Tehran is publicly denying any such talks are underway.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez told lawmakers Wednesday that the current Middle East conflict is "far worse" than the Iraq War of 2003, a dramatic claim that says more about his domestic political calculations than any genuine diplomatic insight.
Lebanese Christian leader Samir Geagea delivered a verdict Tuesday that many Lebanese have long wanted to hear but few dared to say out loud: Hezbollah is "finished" in Lebanon, and Iran, not the Lebanese state, will foot the bill for the destruction it caused.
Lebanon has taken the extraordinary step of declaring Iranian Ambassador Mohammad Reza Shibani persona non grata, ordering him to leave Lebanese territory by Sunday at the latest, in a move that marks one of the most significant diplomatic ruptures in the two countries' modern history.
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