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War in the Middle East: latest developments Paris, France, March 19 (AFP) Mar 19, 2026 Here are the latest developments in the Middle East war:
"To avoid a similar situation, the EU is ready to fully mobilise its diplomatic, legal, operational and financial tools to prevent uncontrolled migratory movements to the EU and preserve security in Europe," the leaders said after talks at a summit in Brussels.
"We will be compelled to declare force majeure for up to five years on some long-term LNG contracts," Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi said in a statement.
"I'm not sure who's running Iran right now. Mojtaba, the replacement ayatollah, has not shown his face... What we see is that there is a lot of tensions inside the people who are edging for the top." "We're seeing cracks, and we're trying to propagate them as fast as we can, not only in the top command, we're seeing cracks in the field."
He also denied that Israel "dragged" the US into the war, saying "Does anyone really think that someone can tell President Trump what to do?"
"Israel acted alone against the Asaluyeh gas compound... President Trump asked us to hold off on future attacks and we're holding out." Earlier, US President Donald Trump said he told Israel not to carry out any more such strikes. "I told him, don't do that, and he won't do that," Trump told reporters.
Earlier, Lebanon's health ministry said that Israeli attacks have killed 1,001 people in the country since the war erupted, including 79 women, 118 children and 40 health workers, with 2,584 other people wounded.
"We have asked them to clarify or explain regarding the role of Ramstein," Tehran's ambassador to Germany Majid Nili told AFP, saying that "the role of Ramstein is not officially clear for us".
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