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Trump’s full blockade of Hormuz threatens the already fragile ceasefire. Will the war resume?

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Although the Islamabad talks yielded no concrete results, they remain an important achievement.

Although the Islamabad talks yielded no concrete results, they remain an important achievement.

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US President Donald Trump’s decision to impose a full naval blockade on Iran threatens to derail an already fragile two-week ceasefire and may well unleash a new and far more dangerous warfare in the Gulf.

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