Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Monday, April 13, 2026 Some key things to watch today:Updates on direct talks between Lebanon and Israel, set in Washington.U.S. military will block Iranian ports from 14:00 GMT [5 p.m. local time] today.Demonstration by Hezbollah supporters in front of the Government Serail to protest the authorities' decision to begin direct negotiations with Israel, April 11, 2026. (Credit: Ibrahim Amro/AFP) Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors talk in Washington, Hezbollah protests in Beirut: In an overture to Israel and Lebanon’s first direct talks in decades, both sides’ ambassadors to the U.S. spoke by phone on Saturday as thousands of Hezbollah supporters took to the streets to oppose next week’s negotiations.Israel’s premier Benjamin Netanyahu insisted that the talks aim to achieve...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Monday, April 13, 2026 Some key things to watch today:Updates on direct talks between Lebanon and Israel, set in Washington.U.S. military will block Iranian ports from 14:00 GMT [5 p.m. local time] today.Demonstration by Hezbollah supporters in front of the Government Serail to protest the authorities' decision to begin direct negotiations with Israel, April 11, 2026. (Credit: Ibrahim Amro/AFP) Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors talk in Washington, Hezbollah protests in Beirut: In an overture to Israel and Lebanon’s first direct talks in decades, both sides’ ambassadors to the U.S. spoke by phone on Saturday as thousands of Hezbollah supporters took to the streets to oppose next week’s negotiations.Israel’s premier Benjamin Netanyahu insisted that the talks aim to...
'American sponsorship is a guarantee,' says Lebanese-American coordination committee