For now, links to reports and analyses from the Associated Press, Middle East Monitor, and the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials as highlighted. (Scroll down for LEBANON 4-6-26.  Scroll up for today’s IRAN for now.) — MCM

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Israel says ceasefire with Iran doesn’t include war in Lebanon against Hezbollah, by Sam Mednick | AP  In a statement this morning, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said it supports Trump’s decision to suspend strikes against Iran for two weeks, but that it doesn’t include the war with Hezbollah in Lebanon. READ MORE . . .   Click HERE for a report from Middle East Monitor.

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FROM APRIL 7  South Lebanon’s war writes its own endgame, by Mohamad Shams Eddine | The Cradle  Lebanon’s efforts to halt the war between Hezbollah and Israel have stalled into a familiar paralysis. This has once again tilted the balance toward the battlefield as the sole arena for resolution. READ MORE . . .

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FROM APRIL 7  Victory for Iran, permanent pariah for Israel. Nasim Ahmed of Middle East Monitor talks with Mouin Rabbani, a contributing editor of Middle East Report, about some of the past week’s developments — in Iran, Israel, the Gulf states, Washington, Lebanon, the media, and elsewhere. Click HERE for video of interview.

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TO BE CONTINUED