Trump’s Lebanon blindspot shows he doesn’t understand the region  

Iran’s insistence that Lebanon be included in the ceasefire in the US-Israeli war in the Middle East appears to have caught Donald Trump’s team off guard, who initially said Lebanon was not included and then had to backtrack.

Trump steps back as Israel continues to siege Lebanon Call to comply with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu agreed to begin negotiations with Lebanese officials but did not accept a preconditional ceasefire or negotiations with Hezbollah, with whom they are at war.