Fresh hostilities in Gulf suggest US-Iran memorandum was too broadly worded
A residential building in Muharraq, near the international airport, was hit by an Iranian drone on Sunday, according to the Bahraini interior ministry. Photograph: Bahrain Police Media/ReutersView image in fullscreenA residential building in Muharraq, near the international airport, was hit by an Iranian drone on Sunday, according to the Bahraini interior ministry. Iran was to join a new deconfliction mechanism, and it seemed as if Israel was being squeezed out.The second, fuller, ceasefire signed by the Israel and Lebanese government in Washington on Friday and overseen by the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, reverses all that, by excluding Iran and Hezbollah.
- ▪A residential building in Muharraq, near the international airport, was hit by an Iranian drone on Sunday, according to the Bahraini interior ministry.
- ▪Photograph: Bahrain Police Media/ReutersView image in fullscreenA residential building in Muharraq, near the international airport, was hit by an Iranian drone on Sunday, according to the Bahraini interior ministry.
- ▪Iran was to join a new deconfliction mechanism, and it seemed as if Israel was being squeezed out.The second, fuller, ceasefire signed by the Israel and Lebanese government in Washington on Friday and overseen by the US secretary of state,
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A residential building in Muharraq, near the international airport, was hit by an Iranian drone on Sunday, according to the Bahraini interior ministry. Photograph: Bahrain Police Media/ReutersView image in fullscreenA residential building in Muharraq, near the international airport, was hit by an Iranian drone on Sunday, according to the Bahraini interior ministry. Photograph: Bahrain Police Media/ReutersUS-Israel war on IranAnalysisFresh hostilities in Gulf suggest US-Iran memorandum was too broadly wordedPatrick WintourDocument appears to have been subject to conflicting interpretations on key issues of Lebanon ceasefire and strait of Hormuz Middle East crisis live – latest updates Sun 28 Jun 2026 11.02 EDTLast modified on Sun 28 Jun 2026 11.30 EDTShareThe sudden eruption of fresh…
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