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The Iranian army threatened Israel with a "severe response" after strikes in southern Lebanon killed at least four people in Mayfadoun and Choukin. This warning comes despite the announcement of an agreement between Washington and Tehran to open a regional de-escalation. Israel claims to have intercepted Hezbollah rockets and destroyed a launcher, while Iran now demands Israeli withdrawal from occupied areas in Lebanon.

The Civil Defence identified 18 martyrs in Hadatha following Israeli attacks on that town in Bint Jbeil District. This local preliminary assessment does not only concern the strike on Tuesday against a van on the Hadatha-Haris road, whose driver survived before being evacuated by the Lebanese army. Bombardments also targeted Nabatiyah al-Fawqa, Kfar Rumman and Habbush.

In an interview with Al Arabiya English since Minsk, Alexander Lukashenko delivered a charge against Israel, the United States and NATO. The Belarusian president called the Israeli actions in Gaza a "Holocaust", denounced the American attack on Iran as a "fatal mistake" and warned that direct intervention by the Atlantic Alliance in Ukraine could lead to a nuclear confrontation. He also apologized to Volodymyr Zelensky and assured that Belarus did not want to go directly to war.

Donald Trump said, on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Evian, that he suggested that Israel leave Syria "to occupy" Hezbollah in Lebanon. The U.S. President believes that the confrontation between Israel and the Shi'a movement has lasted too long and cost too many lives. This declaration comes as Washington defends a framework agreement with Iran, Israel refuses to withdraw from Lebanon and Beirut demands the exclusive return of the State to its territory.

US Vice President JD Vance said Iran could access a $300 billion reconstruction fund if Tehran met its obligations under the Washington agreement. The US administration insists on the conditionality of the mechanism and states that it would not be a direct payment of US public money. However, the issue remains politically sensitive due to sanctions, Iranian nuclear power, Tehran's regional role and the Lebanese front.

The communiqué issued after the meeting between Joseph Aoun and Nawaf Salam sets the five constants of the Lebanese position before the Washington negotiations. Lebanon calls for a final stop to fire, the Israeli withdrawal from the occupied territories, the deployment of the army to international borders, the return of Lebanese prisoners and the launching of reconstruction. Behind this brief formulation, Beirut seeks to frame a regional sequence opened by the American-Iranian agreement.

The Lebanese forces of Samir Geagea and the Sami Gemayel Kataëb responded to regional agreements by placing Hezbollah at the centre of the Lebanese debate. Both parties refuse to allow a ceasefire to re-establish the old security balance. They call for state monopoly of arms, Israeli withdrawal, resumption of the decision to war and institutional reconstruction. But the regional sequence imposes a difficult political terrain on them.

Lebanon became the first test of the American-Iranian ceasefire announced on 16 June 2026. Between the hasty returns of the displaced, persistent strikes, Israeli refusal to withdraw and expectations of American guarantees, Beirut remains suspended from a regional agreement that it has not negotiated but which it pays the immediate human and political price.

The Israeli refusal to withdraw from Lebanon risks strengthening Hezbollah instead of weakening it. By maintaining positions in southern Lebanon, Israel wants to protect its northern border and prevent the return of the Shiite movement near the Blue Line. But this presence offers the party a powerful political argument, complicates the debate on its weapons and is also part of an Israeli electoral sequence marked by security, the Netanyahu coalition and the prospect of a vote by October 2026.

The resumption of exports to Saudi Arabia opens a probationary period for Lebanon. Riyadh is not just reopening a market: it tests Beirut's ability to control its borders, fight the Captagon, stabilize its institutions and restore credible sovereignty. The relationship with Riyadh can become the key to an Arab return from Lebanon, but only if the state transforms this economic signal into lasting political evidence.

Drones in Sudan transform the war in Kordofan. In Al-Obeid, the strikes hit gas stations, neighbourhoods, convoys and civilian gatherings. On the Al-Rahad axis, attacks on trucks and roads show a new way to cut the flow without occupying the terrain. The Rapid Support Forces are accused of several attacks, but the army also uses this technology on other fronts. Civilians remain the most exposed.

Iran-Lebanon communication resumes at the institutional level, with two calls from Abbas Araghchi to Joseph Aoun and Nabih Berri. The official comments emphasize Lebanon's sovereignty, regional stability and the immediate application of the cessation clause against the country. This renewed contact comes after a period of diplomatic tension, but the central issue remains the practical application of the ceasefire in southern Lebanon.

Benjamin Netanyahu finally reacted to the agreement between the United States and Iran. The Israeli Prime Minister claims that his country will remain in Lebanon, preserve its freedom of military action and prevent Tehran from obtaining nuclear weapons. But his speech reveals a major contradiction: Israel wanted to eliminate the Iranian threat and keep its hand in Lebanon, while the Iranian-American protocol already limits its diplomatic margin.

Kuwait issued a new set of eight decrees withdrawing or revoking the nationality of 2,193. The authorities describe this campaign as a correction of fraudulent cases and prohibited dual nationalities. Critics see it as a political, social and identity hardening, in a country where citizenship opens up access to essential rights. The current wave questions the lack of judicial control, the risk of statelessness and the future of the Kuwaiti model.