As Trump declares war won, Iran mocks suggestion serious talks underway
Trump says the Iran war is already won, but more U.S. forces are heading to the Mideast as Tehran asks U.S. officials if they're "negotiating with yourselves?"
Updated on: March 26, 2026 / 1:08 AM EDT / CBS News
Hezbollah rejects truce talks as Israel presses Lebanon strikes
Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem said negotiations with Israel under fire would amount to "surrender," as the Iran-backed group launched attacks and Israel said it was expanding a "buffer zone" inside Lebanon.
In an attempt to put an end to the fighting, Lebanon's president is calling for unprecedented direct negotiations with Israel, which has so far rebuffed his proposal.
Hezbollah chief Qassem said Wednesday his group would have none of it: "When negotiations with the Israeli enemy are proposed under fire, this is an imposition of surrender."
Israel, which occupied southern Lebanon for some two decades until 2000, has kept up strikes on its northern neighbor and sent ground troops to take control of a strip up to the Litani River, around 20 miles from the border.