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In the news Middle East Ongoing Published on: 05/22/2026 – 04:30 American Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Rome, May 8, 2026. © Stefano Rellandini, AFP Washington expressed on Thursday its hope that diplomatic efforts would allow progress towards an agreement to end the war against Iran, and said it was awaiting the visit to Tehran of a Pakistani mediator. The European NATO countries will take the pulse of their American ally in Sweden on Friday on the extent of the troop withdrawal it is planning in Europe, after the volley of green wood inflicted by Donald Trump at the start of the war in the Middle East. Follow our live stream. 22/05/2026 – 04:25 NATO: the Europeans survey the Americans after Trump’s anger The European NATO countries will take the pulse of their American ally on Friday in Sweden on the scale of the troop withdrawal that it is considering in Europe, after the volley of green wood inflicted by Donald Trump at the start of the war in the Middle East. One of the issues of this meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Helsingborg, “is to know whether we are leaving the moment of punishment or not”, marked in particular by the announcement of a reduction of American troops in Germany, summarizes a European diplomat in Brussels. The American president has not lost his temper since the Europeans refused to engage with him in the war he launched with Israel against Iran. On Thursday, however, he announced the sending of 5,000 American soldiers to Poland, justifying this decision by his good relationship with the nationalist president Karol Nawrocki, elected almost a year ago. 05/22/2026 – 04:24 The latest developments Oil hopes and retreats Renewed hopes for a resolution of the conflict caused oil prices to fall, at the end of a seesaw session. The price of a barrel of Brent from the North Sea fell 2.32% to 102.58 dollars. Its American equivalent, the barrel of West Texas Intermediate, lost 1.94% to 96.35 dollars. Nine people injured in a strike on a hospital in southern Lebanon Nine people were injured in an Israeli strike which damaged a hospital in Tebnine, in southern Lebanon, according to the Ministry of Health, the Israeli army continuing its raids despite a fragile truce with pro-Iranian Hezbollah. Iran: Rubio castigates NATO who ‘refuse to do anything’ US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has castigated NATO countries which ‘refuse to do anything’ in support of the United States in the Iran war. Rubio hopes Pakistani mediation in Iran will lead to progress towards an agreement Marco Rubio has expressed hope that the expected visit of the head of the Pakistani army to Iran will advance diplomatic efforts to end the war, saying progress has been made carried out. “Hopefully (…) this will move things forward,” Marco Rubio told reporters. With AFP and Reuters
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