Iran and Oman have held the first meeting of their newly established joint Hormuz committee, with discussions focusing on the future governance of the Strait of Hormuz. | Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs, Kazem Gharibabadi, made the announcement in a post on X on Monday.Gharibabadi said the meeting took place during his visit to Muscat and was attended by Abdulaziz al-Hinai, Omani minister of state for foreign affairs. According to the former, the two sides discussed both current issues concerning the Strait of Hormuz and its future governance. Iran closed the waterway to enemies and their allies following the launch of the latest bout of unprovoked American-Israeli aggression against the Islamic Republic.

■ What is Article 5 of Iran-US MoU, and why is it blamed for Hormuz strikes? (Al Jazeera)

The Hezbollah resistance movement says Israel continues to repeatedly violate the ceasefire agreement, adding that it is monitoring all breaches and reserves the right to defend Lebanon and its people. | In a statement released early on Monday, Hezbollah reported that Israeli warplanes targeted a residential structure in the city of Nabatieh, while a separate airstrike hit another residential building in the town of Meifdoun. ● Additionally, Israeli drones bombarded an open area on the outskirts of Frun in southern Lebanon. The resistance movement further slammed the Israeli occupation forces for persistently intimidating civilians by deploying stun grenades near residents in the towns of Burj Qalawayh and Braashit. ● It also noted that Israeli aircraft released suspicious objects over Nabatieh al-Fawqa and Kfar Tebnit. ● Hezbollah referenced the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding signed between Iran and the United States, highlighting that its initial provision mandates an immediate halt to hostilities on all fronts, including Lebanon, and contending that the ongoing Israeli attacks represent a direct violation of that agreement.

📌 What Lebanon actually signed away in its deal with 'Israel' (06/28/26)

📌 Hala Farhat | Lebanon's framework with "Israel" never mentions withdrawal. It legitimizes occupation and lets "Israel" alone judge when Lebanese sovereignty has been earned. | What's worse than signing away sixty southern Lebanese villages to the Israeli occupation in exchange for nothing? Doing it when a far better alternative was sitting on the table. And what's worse than that? Doing it in the name of "sovereignty." ■ Lebanese and Israeli officials are both calling Friday's trilateral framework, signed in Washington under US sponsorship, "historic." In a narrow sense, they are right. The Lebanese state has legitimized the continued occupation of the South, handed "Israel" an outcome it could never have secured through war, and thrown a lifeline to a Netanyahu government that badly needed one. ■ Yet, calling Friday's framework "trilateral" is somewhat misleading. The word suggests three sides walked into the room, when in essence, there was one. The Lebanese delegation arrived with its friends and enemies already settled, just as the US and Israeli delegations did. ■ Lebanon's friends, by this framework's own logic, are Washington and the occupation. Its enemies, based on the March 2 governmental decree to criminalize the Resistance, are Hezbollah and, behind it, Iran.

■ Lebanon parl. speaker rejects deal with Israel as 'imposition' on Lebanon (Press TV)
■ War On Iran: – New Clash Over Strait Passage – Lebanon’s Capitulation Ignites New Civil War (06/28/26)

Moon of Alabama | In the last days there were two developments in Lebanon and Iran that will likely cause the war to reignite into a much larger conflagration. | Iran insists on having control over the Strait of Hormuz. But at least half of the passage way is under Oman’s jurisdiction. Oman is, unlike Iran, a member of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and has as such a different view of the international law with regards to the Strait situation. On Thursday the UN’s International Maritime Organization (IMO) had arranged for a convoy of ships that had been stuck in the Persian Gulf for weeks to sail through the Strait right next to the coast of Oman.

■ Trump says US hit Iran again, may be ‘forced to militarily complete the job’ (South China Morning Post)
■ 'Decisive response': IRGC strikes eight US military installations after renewed American attacks (Press TV)
■ Iran hits Kuwait, Bahrain again after 'additional' US strikes (Türkiye Today) + THIS
■ Iran Will Respond Even More Forcefully to US Violations of Ceasefire - IRGC (Sputnik)
■ Trump threatens Iran as US conducts new strikes (VIDEO) (RT)
■ US and Iran Exchange Strikes in the Strait of Hormuz: What Is Known So Far (Sputnik)
■ Netanyahu and Katz say Israel will remain in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza 'without time limit' (06/28/26)
✅ With Iran and the US Exchanging Blows in the Persian Gulf, the MoU’s Survival is in Doubt (L. C. Johnson)
📌 What Lebanon actually signed away in its deal with 'Israel' (Hala Farhat)
📌 The US military lobby is looking for revenge against Iran (Elena Panina)

The Israeli leaders, speaking during graduation for combat officers, also threaten to attack Iran again | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz have said that troops will maintain an indefinite presence in southern Lebanon, Syria and the Gaza Strip. They were both speaking at a graduation for combat officers in southern Israel on Thursday.

■ Israeli minister calls for annexation of southern Lebanon (03/24/26)
■ Trump’s SHOCKING Plan for Greater Israel EXPOSED (02/14/25)
■ Sizing Up Israel Foreign Ministry's Biblical Map: ‘Promised Land’ Provocation or Expansion Plan? (01/08/25)
■ Israel's future borders would extend beyond Jordan River — minister (10/11/24)

[Plus this: The Land of Israel + Ezekiel and the Tribes]

An exclusive interview with geopolitical analyst Mahmoud Allouch examines whether Turkey could become "Israel's" next target, the drivers of their growing strategic rivalry, Syria's central role, and how likely a military confrontation could unfold. | Alongside a wave of statements and analyses, questions have increasingly emerged over whether Turkey could become "Israel's" next target. The possibility of a military confrontation between Turkey and “Israel”, despite growing signs of friction and mutual strategic concerns, remains constrained by significant strategic limitations, even as their broader relationship has steadily evolved into a more visible and multidimensional form of geopolitical rivalry.

 ●  This rivalry now spans a widening set of arenas, from the fragmented political landscape of Syria and the strategic waterways of the Eastern Mediterranean to emerging regional trade corridors and rival visions for shaping the post–Cold War order in West Asia.

 ● As a result, what was once primarily a cautious and often indirect relationship has become a sustained strategic rivalry. Speaking to Al Mayadeen English, geopolitical analyst and expert in Turkish affairs, Mahmoud Allouch argues that the relationship between Turkey and "Israel" has moved beyond a temporary diplomatic crisis into a phase of "intense strategic rivalry".

 ● 'Turkey is the new Iran' | During the annual Israeli Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, held on February 17, 2026, several senior Israeli politicians attended, most notably Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. However, former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett took the most attention, sparking controversy and anger in Turkey, after he said, “Turkey is the new Iran”. That statement indicated that, once the war on Iran ends, “Israel” would shift its focus toward Turkey, viewing it as the next major threat. It is noteworthy that in recent months, other statements and analyses have also emerged carrying the same idea, whether from institutions or individuals close to or aligned with “Israel”. [Plus this: The Land of Israel + Ezekiel and the Tribes]

A UNDP and Lebanese research assessment estimates extensive structural damage in southern Lebanon due to the Israeli aggression. | Direct damage to buildings in southern Lebanon during the Israeli aggression is estimated at around $1.38 billion, a UN agency and a Lebanese research center revealed on Monday.

The findings were drawn from a “rapid building-level damage assessment” in southern Lebanon, which compared satellite imagery from late April, nearly two months into the war, with imagery from October 2025. The assessment does not include damage from the most recent weeks of the ongoing Israeli aggression.

■ Lebanon building damage in Israeli attacks estimated at $1.38B (Anadolu Ajansi)
■ Israeli minister calls for annexation of southern Lebanon (03/24/26)
■ Sizing Up Israel Foreign Ministry's Biblical Map: ‘Promised Land’ Provocation or Expansion Plan? (01/08/25)
■ Israel launches ‘one of the largest’ attacks on Syria in history (12/10/24 )

British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has criticized remarks made by Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who stated that “all of Lebanon must burn” [X] after four Israeli soldiers were killed in a retaliatory operation carried out by Hezbollah resistance fighters in southern Lebanon. | She emphasized the importance of “ensuring that all civilians are protected,” highlighting the necessity of preventing further violence while diplomatic efforts aim to stabilize the border situation. ● On Friday, two individuals lost their lives due to an Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon, as reported by Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA), shortly after a ceasefire was announced by the United States between Israel and Hezbollah.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announces Closure of the Strait of Hormuz in response to Israel’s attacks on Lebanon | Iran re-closed the Strait of Hormuz Friday instead of coming to Switzerland to engage in nuclear negotiations, citing Israel’s refusal to leave Lebanon and US forces’ ongoing presence in the region. In a statement read over maritime radio channels, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said the US was in violation of the memorandum of understanding between the two countries, which President Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed Wednesday.

📌 War On Iran: Trump Has To Stop Israel Or Account For A Depression (Moon of Alabama)
■ Switzerland confirms US-Iran talks planned for Friday are cancelled (06/19/26)

Trump got educated in 100 days how not to mess with sovereign nations. | The United States has reportedly signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Iran, and if the reported terms are accurate, Tehran has emerged from this confrontation in a remarkably strong position. ■ The document, signed remotely just moments ago according to reports, appears to be far more than a ceasefire arrangement. Analysts are already describing it as a major strategic setback for Washington. ■ Trump entered this confrontation with ambitious objectives: weakening the Iranian system, dismantling its nuclear program, and curbing its ballistic missile capabilities. Yet he now appears to be endorsing terms that, in the eyes of many observers, solidify Iran's regional standing more than ever before. The political fallout in Washington has already begun, with critics arguing that the agreement amounts to a series of American concessions without delivering meaningful security gains for either the United States or its allies. [...] (Part 2)

■ President Donald J. Trump has SIGNED the Iran Memorandum of Understanding at Versailles in France

"Israel" killed four people in a double-tap strike on Mayfadoun and targeted three cars in south Lebanon on Tuesday. | Israeli occupation forces killed four people and wounded several others in a series of attacks on the town of Mayfadoun in south Lebanon on Tuesday afternoon, including a deliberate second strike on residents who had gathered at the scene of an earlier attack. ● According to Al Mayadeen's correspondent in South Lebanon, IOF first bombed a car in Mayfadoun before attacking the same area again after residents had gathered. ● A second car in the town was then bombed, followed by a third car in the nearby town of Shoukin, bringing the total to three vehicles struck and one gathering of civilians hit. The attacks on Mayfadoun were the latest in a series of Israeli attacks that began shortly after midnight.

Israeli occupation forces continue strikes in southern Lebanon despite the US–Iran ceasefire announcement, as authorities issue urgent safety guidelines for residents returning to affected areas. | Shortly after a US–Iran ceasefire agreement was announced, covering hostilities on all fronts, including Lebanon, Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued their attacks and violations in southern Lebanon from the early hours of Monday. Warplanes carried out two air raids targeting the town of Majdal Zoun, while a drone strike hit the town of Kfar Tebnit, according to reports. ● The aerial aggression was accompanied by heavy and sustained artillery shelling on the city of Nabatieh and the towns of Kfar Remman, Nabatieh al-Fawqa, and Kfar Tebnit. Reports also indicated additional strikes by the occupation forces in the towns of Khiam and Markaba in southern Lebanon, as well as a drone attack on the town of Haris in the Bint Jbeil district of the Nabatieh Governorate.

■ US and Iran agree on peace roadmap to reopen Hormuz, Israel rejects all terms (RT)
■ Iran’s Armed Forces have ‘finger on trigger,’ top commander says after Israeli attack on Beirut (IRNA)
■ 'Response coming', 'launchers stand ready': Iran threatens 'Israel' (Al Mayadeen)

1) A miscalculation in #Beirut has exhausted patience. The order has been given. Zero hour is approaching and launchers stand ready. #Hezbollah is a vital part of the Resistance Axis.

— Aliakbar Velayati (@Drvelayati_ir) June 14, 2026

Itamar Ben-Gvir, the fanatic Israeli minister for security affairs, says the Lebanese women and youth must be kidnapped as a means of exerting pressure on the resistance movement Hezbollah. | He made his proposal during a security cabinet meeting on Tuesday, urging officials to adopt more aggressive measures against the Lebanese group as discussions focused on expanding Israel's military invasion in Lebanon.

The US is planning to use Iran’s own frozen wealth to fund reconstruction in Gulf states following the US-Israeli war of aggression, American media reported. | US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has allegedly directed his team to estimate repair costs in Gulf countries and tap into Iranian funds to cover them.

The scheme emerges as Iranian officials warn that peace talks remain at a “deadlock” until the US unlocks the $24 billion in frozen Iranian assets.

■ US wants to send frozen Iranian assets to Gulf allies (RT)

Israel has continued to launch deadly attacks on southern Lebanon despite the two countries striking a new US-brokered ceasefire agreement.

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— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) June 5, 2026

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has denounced the US-mediated ceasefire agreement between Lebanon and Israel as a one-sided, biased deal that seeks to impose asymmetric obligations solely on the Hezbollah resistance movement. | In written comments distributed by his office on Friday, Berri sharply criticized the recently announced US-mediated ceasefire framework concluded in Washington, describing it as “hybrid, unfair, rigged, inequitable, and not worth mentioning.” Berri insisted that any genuine agreement must begin with an unconditional ceasefire. [...] Berri noted that the US-sponsored text focuses exclusively on Hezbollah’s commitments to the ceasefire and the withdrawal of its resistance fighters from the area south of the Litani River, while remaining silent on Israeli obligations. The remarks came two days after the announcement of the US-brokered ceasefire agreement between the Lebanese government and the Tel Aviv regime. [...] The remarks came two days after the announcement of the US-brokered ceasefire agreement between the Lebanese government and the Tel Aviv regime.

■ Zakharova to Al Mayadeen: IOF violations of Lebanon ceasefire systemic (Al Mayadeen)
✅ The Lebanon escalation: Netanyahu is betting Trump can’t stop him (Farhad Ibragimov)
✅ Lebanon: Washington's so-called ceasefire framework (Dr. Marwa Osman)

Naim Qassem has accused Washington of seeking to force Beirut to accept a humiliating Israeli occupation | Israeli strikes in southern and eastern Lebanon have injured and killed dozens of civilians, less than 24 hours after West Jerusalem and Beirut agreed to a US-mediated ceasefire proposal. ● At least eight people were killed and 15 others wounded on Thursday in a series of strikes targeting the towns of Sohmor, Masaken, and Arab Al-Jalil, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry.

Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing of a Village in Lebanon: Israeli soldiers went door to door in the border village of Ain Arab, forcing residents from their homes at gunpoint as part of a systematic campaign to empty large swathes of southern Lebanon. | The forced expulsion of Ain Arab—where Israeli soldiers went door to door, forcing residents from their homes at gunpoint—was a striking example of the Israeli military’s campaign to ethnically cleanse villages across southern Lebanon. Human rights advocates and locals told Drop Site they hadn’t heard of a similar incident occurring in this latest phase of the war—the Israeli military typically bombs and shells areas to forcibly displace residents. Over 1.2 million people have been displaced in Lebanon since March 2, and many have no idea if or when they will be able to return to their homes.

West Jerusalem’s escalation in Lebanon has undermined diplomatic efforts between Washington and Tehran, Mohammad Marandi has said | Israel has a clear interest in prolonging US hostilities with Iran and has been successfully sabotaging efforts to reach a peace agreement, Tehran-based Professor Seyed Mohammad Marandi has told RT. ● The political analyst was commenting on the latest escalation of Israeli military operations against Lebanon, including strikes on Beirut, which have triggered a new surge in tensions between Washington and Tehran and could bring negotiations to a permanent halt. ● Tehran has said that continued Israeli violence effectively voids the fragile ceasefire with the US, which was announced in early April. US President Donald Trump later pushed Israel to declare a similar halt to hostilities in Lebanon.

■ Looting and destruction are Israeli army’s ‘primary mission’ in Lebanon, soldiers say (MEE)

Ghalibaf Says Iran Will Be in ‘Direct Confrontation’ With Israel If It Doesn’t Halt Attacks on Lebanon | Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Monday that Iran would be in a “direct confrontation with the enemy” if Israel doesn’t halt its attacks in Lebanon. ● Ghalibaf made the comments in a post on X recounting a conversation he had with Nabih Berri, the speaker of Lebanon’s parliament and leader of the Amal Movement, a Shia political faction that’s largely aligned with Hezbollah. [...] Earlier in the day, Iranian media reported that Tehran halted negotiations with Washington over Israel’s continued attacks and escalations in Lebanon. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Israel planned to launch strikes in Beirut’s southern suburbs, but appeared to have backed down after a call with President Trump. Iran had also warned that it could target northern Israel if Netanyahu went ahead with the strikes. ● Trump claimed in two posts on Truth Social after his call with Netanyahu that some sort of ceasefire had been agreed to, though Israeli attacks continue in southern Lebanon and Hezbollah continues to fire at Israeli forces.

■ IRGC says armed forces prepared for all scenarios amid heightened military readiness (Press TV)
■ Iran halts talks with US, says it will close Bab el-Mandeb Strait: Report (MEE)
✅ After Israel Threatened Beirut, Iran Announced To Further Reduce Global Oil Supplies (Moon of Alabama)

■ Almost non-stop attacks on south Lebanon (The Cradle) (Telegram)

Tehran insists that any peace agreement with Washington must include an end to Israel's brutal war in Lebanon. | Eleven children have been ​killed or injured on average every 24 hours in Lebanon ‌over the past week, the UN's children's agency revealed on 29 May, as Israel expands its war on Lebanon despite a so-called “ceasefire” sponsored by the US that took effect in mid-April. ● A total of 77 ​children have been killed or injured in the last seven days, UNICEF said, citing figures tallied by Lebanon's Ministry of Public Health. ● The UN agency added that, since the ceasefire was announced by Washington on 16 April, fifty-five children have been killed and 212 injured.

Ryan and Emily discuss shocking footage of IDF troops being hunted by Hezbollah FPV drones.

Meanwhile, Israel intensifies attacks across southern Lebanon, killing and wounding civilians
● Sirens sound across Kuwait as state-media reports of drone, missile attacks
● Death toll from Israeli strike on residential tower in Gaza City rises to 10
● US adds Persian Gulf Strait Authority to sanctions list
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■ ‘Stern warning’: IRGC announces retaliatory attack on US base following American aggression (Press TV)
■ Iran targeted US base in response to new strikes – IRGC (RT)

The jihadists are being moved from prisons in Syria to special camps in neighboring Iraq, Aleksandr Bortnikov has said | Western spy agencies are intending to use Syrian militants as a proxy force against Iran, Russian Federal Security Service chief Aleksandr Bortnikov has said. ● The jihadists, who fought for Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) and other terrorist groups, are being moved from their detention facilities in Syria to special camps in Iraq, Bortnikov said during a meeting of the security chiefs from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Russia’s Irkutsk Region on Tuesday. The CIS was established in 1991, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, to promote economic, political and security cooperation between members. It currently includes nine nations: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Moldova, and Uzbekistan.

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Two extremist Israeli cabinet ministers have openly called for cutting electricity supplies to Lebanon, seizing the Zahrani River, and demolishing dozens of buildings in Beirut, in a brazen display of the illegal entity’s inherent aggression and desperation. | Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, a notorious far-right figure, declared:

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, equally infamous for his racist and expansionist views, demanded an end to what he called the “threat of Hezbollah’s explosive drones” through disproportionate brutality. “In response to each explosive drone, ten buildings in Beirut must collapse,” he stated, while approving a special budget of nearly 2 billion Israeli shekels (around $540-693 million) supposedly to bolster defenses.

■ Israeli air raids kill 17 civilians in southern Lebanon after Netanyahu orders intensified strikes (Press TV)
■ Netanyahu orders Israeli military to intensify Lebanon attacks (RT)

A Fars analysis of the agreement’s wording debunks claims that "Israel" is exempted from the deal. | Claims that President Donald Trump exempted "Israel" from commitments under a potential agreement with Iran appear to be baseless, Fars News Agency revealed, based on a review of the final draft text. ● Fars reported that The New York Times had alleged "Israel" was granted an exemption from the obligations outlined in the emerging draft MoU with Tehran. ● However, an examination of the explicit wording of the prospective agreement shows the opposite. According to the draft text, should the agreement be finalized, the United States and its allies would be bound not to launch any form of aggression against Iran or its allies. ● In return, Iran has committed that neither it nor its allies would carry out preemptive military strikes against the United States and its allies.

■ Iran Denies Planning to Charge Tolls in Strait of Hormuz (Tasnim)
■ US ‘obstructs’ Iran talks as Trump claims deal with Tehran nearing ‘final stages’ (The Cradle)