{"id":7378,"date":"2026-04-29T14:07:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T14:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=7378"},"modified":"2026-04-29T14:07:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T14:07:58","slug":"war-in-the-middle-east-latest-developments-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=7378","title":{"rendered":"War in the Middle East: latest developments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em><small>Commuters make their way past a picture of Iran&#8217;s slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (L) and a sculpture of late supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran &#8211; Copyright AFP Hussein FALEH<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The latest developments in the Middle East war:<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Long blockade \u2013<\/p>\n<p>US President Donald Trump has told national security officials to prepare for a long blockade of Iran\u2019s ports in order to compel Tehran to give up its nuclear program, according to the Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, according to the report, does not believe that Iran is negotiating in good faith and hopes it can be forced to suspend uranium enrichment for 20 years and accept tight restrictions thereafter.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 \u2018No more Mr. Nice Guy\u2019 \u2013<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIran can\u2019t get their act together. They don\u2019t know how to sign a nonnuclear deal. They better get smart soon!\u201d Trump posted on his Truth Social platform, alongside an illustration of himself holding an assault rifle, with the caption \u201cNO MORE MR. NICE GUY!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Iran\u2019s 21 executions \u2013<\/p>\n<p>Iran has executed at least 21 people and arrested more than 4,000 since the beginning of the Middle East war, the United Nations said, criticising the Islamic republic\u2019s \u201charsh and brutal\u201d treatment of its people.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since the US-Israeli strikes sparked the war in late February, \u201cat least nine people have been executed in connection with the January 2026 protests, ten for alleged membership in opposition groups, and two on espionage charges,\u201d the UN\u2019s rights office said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Record TotalEnergies profits \u2013<\/p>\n<p>French fossil fuel giant TotalEnergies said net profit rose 51 percent in the first quarter to $5.8 billion, boosted by higher oil prices linked to the war in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>Growth in its oil and gas production in Brazil and Libya allowed the group to offset losses in the Gulf region, which is normally equivalent to 15 percent of its total oil and gas business, the company said in a statement, while also highlighting its \u201cability to capitalize on rising prices\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Saudi refinery restarts \u2013<\/p>\n<p>TotalEnergies also said that it had restarted its Satorp refinery in Saudi Arabia in mid-April, after the facility, jointly owned with the kingdom\u2019s Aramco, had been shut down following damage sustained in airstrikes during the Middle East war.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing the events of April 8, which affected three units at the Satorp site and led to its shutdown as a safety precaution, the undamaged units were able to be restarted, and the refinery has been operating at a capacity of 230,000 b\/d (barrels per day) since April 14,\u201d the company said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 US lawmakers to grill Pentagon chief on Iran war \u2013<\/p>\n<p>US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will face tough questions from lawmakers about the Iran war on Wednesday during his first testimony to Congress since the start of the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth\u2019s appearance before the House Armed Services Committee will be for a hearing on Trump\u2019s $1.5 trillion defence budget request.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers from both parties have previously expressed dissatisfaction with the information provided in classified briefings on the war, setting up a potentially fiery public hearing in which top US military officer General Dan Caine is also set to testify.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Trump says US \u2018militarily defeated\u2019 Iran \u2013<\/p>\n<p>Trump told Britain\u2019s King Charles III and other guests at a state dinner Tuesday that Iran has been \u201cmilitarily defeated\u201d, in his first public comments on the sensitive topic during the ongoing royal visit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have militarily defeated that particular opponent,\u201d Trump said at the White House dinner, adding: \u201cCharles agrees with me even more than I do \u2014 we\u2019re never going to let that opponent have a nuclear weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Israeli strikes on Lebanon kill eight: health ministry \u2013<\/p>\n<p>The Lebanese health ministry said Israeli strikes Tuesday killed eight people, including civil defence rescuers, and wounded two soldiers in the country\u2019s south, despite an ongoing ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>Israel has been fighting Hezbollah since early March, sending troops into south Lebanon to battle the Iran-backed militant group, with the violence ongoing despite a shaky April 17 ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Oil jumps \u2013<\/p>\n<p>Oil prices jumped on reports that Trump was unlikely to accept an Iranian proposal to restore traffic in the Strait of Hormuz and Qatar warned of a possible \u201cfrozen conflict\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Brent is above the level it hit before the two sides announced a ceasefire at the start of April, while West Texas Intermediate broke $100 Tuesday for the first time in two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Both contracts continued to rise Wednesday, with Brent holding above $113 and WTI above $101.<\/p>\n<p>burs-sbk\/st<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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