Middle East News Brief – Friday, 8 May 2026
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Trump says US-Iran ceasefire still in place after exchange of fire in Strait of Hormuz – BBC Iran accuses the US of violating the truce, alleging it targeted an oil tanker and carried out attacks on coastal areas. Oil prices rise after US and Iran exchange fire in Hormuz strait – BBC The flare-up further endangers the US-Iran ceasefire, which Trump extended indefinitely on 21 April. Trump upends Democrats’ strategy on Iran war powers – Axios President Trump’s declaration that hostilities with Iran are “terminated” has thrown Democrats’ strategy around congressional war powers into …Read More.
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Trump says US-Iran ceasefire still in place after exchange of fire in Strait of Hormuz – BBC
Iran accuses the US of violating the truce, alleging it targeted an oil tanker and carried out attacks on coastal areas.Read More…
U.S. and Iran exchange fire near the Strait of Hormuz – NBC News
The Iranian military said it fired at U.S. military ships only after the U.S. military violated the ceasefire and attacked an Iranian oil tanker. “The…
US and Iran launch attacks amid tenuous ceasefire – POLITICO
The U.S. said it was responding to Iranian forces attacking Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz.Read More…
Trump’s Iran posts are a mess. Hayes has the receipts. – YouTube
Chris Hayes breaks down Trump’s most chaotic and contradictory Iran war posts—and shows why nothing he says about the war can be trusted.Read More…
Trump upends Democrats’ strategy on Iran war powers – Axios
President Trump’s declaration that hostilities with Iran are “terminated” has thrown Democrats’ strategy around congressional war powers into …Read Mo…
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