Huge Israeli strikes on Lebanon threaten Iran truce; talks planned but strait still shut (www.reuters.com)
from geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to world@lemmy.world on 09 Apr 14:40
https://lemmy.ml/post/45690839

DUBAI/BEIRUT/ISLAMABAD, April 9 (Reuters) - Israel bombed more targets in Lebanon on Thursday, putting the U.S.-Iran ceasefire ​into further jeopardy after the biggest Israeli attacks on its neighbour of the war killed more than 250 people and threatened to torpedo Donald Trump’s truce.

In Pakistan, authorities locked down the capital Islamabad in anticipation of the ‌war’s first peace talks. Access was blocked from a zone 3 km (2 miles) around the luxury Serena Hotel, where both the U.S. and Iranian delegations are expected to stay. Guests were told to check out until Sunday as it had been “requisitioned” for “an important event”.

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mlg@lemmy.world on 09 Apr 17:43 collapse

While I’m glad there seems to be genuine development behind these peace talks, I’m also personally disappointed watching Shebaz Sharif and Asmin Munir get recognized for doing literally anything of value.

The PM is from a long family history of corrupt PMLN members who got rich off of strangling Pakistan’s economy and investing their illegal earning abroad.

And the FM (Field Marshal, not foreign minister) promoted himself to Field Marshal after getting the PAF to do all the actual military work last year while he spent his resources cracking down on the public and placing his photo on every poster in the country.

Oh and he had a ton of people assasinated, jailed, tortured, “disappeared”, and “software updated” for supporting the previous PM who has been in jail since 2023 under falsified corruption charges.

They’re already acting like this is some grand slam success for doing nothing but forwarding messages between Iran and the USA, all whilst technically being at war with Afghanistan only because Trump demanded revenge after the Taliban refused to give access to the Bagram Airfield again.