US president says ‘all sides should stand down’ as mediators seek to conclude preliminary US-Iran peace deal negotiations
Donald Trump was forced to call for restraint on Sunday after Israel launched fresh airstrikes on Beirut as mediators sought to conclude negotiations on a preliminary peace deal between Iran and the US that would bring the three-month war in the Middle East to a definitive end.
Trump played down new Israeli strikes but said “all sides should stand down”.
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This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Jason Burke in Jerusalem.
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