President Trump announced Saturday night that he will cancel a pending attack on Iran after he indicated that a rough framework of a peace deal had been reached. The United States and Israel had been planning what would be one of the harshest bombing campaigns to date against energy infrastructure targets in Iran, multiple sources previously told CBS News, with strikes possible as soon as this weekend. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke with President Trump on Saturday and cautioned him against conducting a fresh round of strikes on Iran, CBS News learned.
U.S. embassies in several Middle Eastern capitals, including Amman, Jordan; Jerusalem; and Baghdad, warned American citizens on Saturday to beware an "unforeseen escalation" in the regional conflict and urged them to be ready to leave. President Trump said Saturday he will cancel an attack on Iran after he indicated that a rough framework of a deal had been reached.
"We have just been asked by Iran, and other Middle Eastern Countries, to hold off any attack in that the [sic] perimeters of a deal has been agreed to," Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Social. The president said that "based on this request, I have agreed, for the future benefit of the WORLD and, likewise, the survival of a successful and prosperous Iran, to cancel the attack, subject to being able to rapidly make a DEAL." Mr.
Trump said the deal "would include the Immediate, Complete, and Total OPENING OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT, and an end to Iran's nuclear threat." Multiple sources Friday had told CBS News that the U.S. and Israel were preparing to conduct a powerful joint bombing campaign on energy infrastructure targets in Iran. Trump said in his post Saturday that "The Country of Israel joins me" in the "commitment" to a peace deal.
"Get to work, everybody, and get it DONE," the president wrote. https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-us-trump-strait-of-hormuz-kuwait-jordan-air-base/#post-update-0a88e299 link copied Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke with President Trump on Saturday and cautioned him against conducting a fresh round of strikes on Iran, CBS News has learned. Axios was the first to report that bin Salman, also known as MBS, had reached out to Mr.
Trump in an effort to dissuade him from launching heavy strikes on Iran, and instead work to deescalate the situation. On Friday, several sources told CBS News that the U.S. and Israel were preparing to conduct one of the harshest bombing campaigns to date against energy infrastructure targets in Iran, with the possibility that the strikes could happen as soon as this weekend.
One source told CBS News that bin Salman's outreach to Mr. Trump was "all about concern over the targets." https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-us-trump-strait-of-hormuz-kuwait-jordan-air-base/#post-update-07edd931 link copied Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Saturday warned the U.S. against any "adventurous action" in separate calls with senior officials from Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, Reuters reports.
Araghchi told Saudi's foreign minister that any attacks by the U.S or Israel would be met with a "proportionate response," according to Reuters. This comes after multiple sources told CBS News Friday that the U.S. and Israel were preparing for a joint assault that would target energy infrastructure targets in Iran.
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-us-trump-strait-of-hormuz-kuwait-jordan-air-base/#post-update-aeb3eff2 link copied The British Navy said Saturday that a tanker was struck and a separate explosion hit close to a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Oman. No casualties were reported in either incident, it said. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Organization said an unknown projectile hit the vessel on Friday 11 nautical miles northeast of Lima, Oman.
The attack damaged the vessel's engine room. The group said that on Saturday a large splash and an explosion were reported close to another tanker while it was sailing 21 nautical miles northwest of Khasab city. Separately, crude oil appeared to be leaking and spreading in recent days from a sanctioned tanker grounded off the coast of Oman, close to a marine protected area, satellite images reviewed by The Associated Press show.
Iran has repeatedly attacked vessels attempting to transit through the Strait of Hormuz without its authorization as part of its ongoing conflict with the U.S. https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-us-trump-strait-of-hormuz-kuwait-jordan-air-base/#post-update-da95c112 link copied Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Saturday denied seeking to charge ships for passage through the vital Bab al-Mandeb Strait. On Wednesday, the internationally recognized Yemeni government's information minister, Moammar al-Eryani, accused the group of trying to imitate Iran's efforts to impose tolls on the Strait of Hormuz, on the other side of the Arabian Peninsula.
The Houthi-aligned Saba news agency published a statement from the group's HOCC agency that denied the accuracy of the reports. "The HOCC further emphasises that transit through the Bab al-Mandeb Strait is free of charge," the Houthi-backed administrative agency said. Last month, the Houthis declared a maritime blockade of only Saudi-flagged vessels and has claimed several attacks on oil tankers and infrastructure.
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-us-trump-strait-of-hormuz-kuwait-jordan-air-base/#post-update-c472bc07 link copied The Israeli military said on Saturday it killed several Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon in an operation that also injured an Israeli soldier despite a ceasefire. The military said it identified several Hezbollah fighters overnight inside what Israel has labeled a "security zone" in southern Lebanon occupied by its forces. "Following the identification, the soldiers struck the terrorists and eliminated them in order to remove the threat," the military said in a statement.
Israeli forces "will continue to operate to remove any threat to its soldiers and will not allow the Hezbollah terrorist organisation to harm Israeli civilians", it said. An Israeli soldier was moderately injured, the military said earlier, and was evacuated to a hospital for treatment. https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-us-trump-strait-of-hormuz-kuwait-jordan-air-base/#post-update-9d23a982 link copied The United Nations on Saturday expressed concern over Israel's ongoing demolitions in southern Lebanon despite a ceasefire in its war with Iran-backed Hezbollah.
"The scale of the detonations and demolitions taking place in south Lebanon is deeply concerning, with a devastating impact on civilian infrastructure, cultural heritage, and the collective memory of communities," the U.N. said in a statement. The statement comes a day after the Israeli military carried out large overnight detonations near a UNESCO-listed castle in Lebanon.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said the army destroyed "terror tunnels in the Beaufort area" using approximately 700 tons of explosives. Beaufort Castle was added last week to UNESCO's List of World Heritage in Danger . Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Friday labeled the detonation "an extremely dangerous escalation" and "a direct threat to the process which was launched as part of the framework agreement" reached with Israel during U.S.-sponsored talks last month.
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-us-trump-strait-of-hormuz-kuwait-jordan-air-base/#post-update-deb61bd6 link copied Iraq and Turkey announced a one-year agreement to continue the flow of crude oil from Iraq to Turkey's Port of Ceyhan on Saturday. "This pipeline, which delivers Iraqi oil to global markets securely and without interruption via Ceyhan, holds a more strategic position than ever in terms of regional and global energy supply security, as evidenced by developments in global oil markets," Alparslan Bayraktar, Turkey's energy...
