Key Points to Remember
– President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that an American delegation would be in Pakistan on Monday to restart negotiations with Iran, while threatening to destroy the country’s infrastructure if talks fail.
– A French soldier was killed and three others injured, two seriously, after an attack on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon. Emmanuel Macron will meet on Tuesday with Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, the Élysée Palace said on Sunday.
– Iran announced on Saturday that it is resuming strict control of the Strait of Hormuz, following a temporary reopening to commercial traffic due to continued blocking of Iranian ports by the US Navy.
– Declared on Thursday, April 16 by the US president, a ceasefire took effect in Lebanon at 9 pm UTC the same evening, after another day of violent exchanges between the Israeli army and Hezbollah, which lasted until the last minute. However, the Lebanese army stated on Friday morning that Israel had violated the ceasefire, including by intermittently bombarding several villages in southern Lebanon.
