Links to reports from Middle East Monitor and Middle East Eye, and to a commentary from the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll up or down for IRAN, GAZA and UKRAINE, and down for LEBANON 6-11-26.) — MCM

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Iran’s foreign minister details proposed memorandum with U.S., says war would end across all fronts. From Middle East Monitor. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Friday that a proposed memorandum of understanding between Iran and the US would formally end the conflict across all fronts, including Lebanon, while laying the groundwork for negotiations on sanctions relief, Iran’s nuclear program, and regional security arrangements, Anadolu reports. READ MORE . . .

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Israeli army says at least 70 attacks in Lebanon over past day, as death toll reaches 3,711. From Middle East Eye. The Israeli army announced that it struck over 70 “Hezbollah infrastructures” in southern Lebanon in the past 24 hours. READ MORE . . .

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FROM JUNE 12  Lebanon’s war is being negotiated elsewhere, by Mohamad Shams Eddine | The Cradle  Lebanon is once again paying the price for decisions made far beyond its borders. As destruction spreads across its southern towns and the threat of escalation hangs overhead, the country finds itself pulled into a conflict shaped less by local dynamics than by the calculations of external powers. READ MORE . . . 

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