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Peace talks between the US and Iran have been suspended due to ceasefire violations in Lebanon, Iranian news agency Tasnim reported this Monday.
The Iranian announcement comes after the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahuordered his troops to bomb the Dahiyeh district, on the outskirts of Beirut.
“The Iranian negotiating team thus suspends dialogue and the exchange of texts through mediators,” says the Iranian media outlet, adding that the decision was taken due to crimes that Israel “continues to commit” in Lebanon and violations “on all fronts” of the ceasefire signed on April 8.
Furthermore, the Israeli Army continued to expand its operations in southern Lebanon. This Sunday, he announced that he took office after days of fighting and air attacks on nearby villages.
According to , control of this castle, in addition to its strategic importancethere is also a symbolic connotationas it is a place that the Israelis already used as a base during their previous occupation, between 1982 and 2000.
Now, the Israel Defense Forces are directing their offensive towards the Zahrani River, despite having already taken control of the territory up to the Litani River, the border they had previously set as their objective.
The US Army Central Command reported that it carried out, over the weekend, an attack in response to Iranian actions, which included the shooting down of an MQ-1 drone North American.
At the same time, North American media reported that Donald Trump remains dissatisfied with the document being negotiated to end the war. The US president would have requested new changes to the last version of the draft being worked on, until Iran interrupted the talks due to Israeli actions.
