A teetering ceasefire bodes ill for treacherous US-Iran talks ahead

(Stephen Collinson – CNN) The sad truth is that Middle East ceasefires don’t always stop the shooting. President Donald Trump’s halt to fighting with Iran already fits the pattern. On its first day, it was hard to verify that it existed at all. The confusion was multi-layered. The US, Israel and Iran could not agree on the terms on which the ceasefire was forged, after a huge Israeli assault in Lebanon led Tehran to claim a violation. Washington and Tehran, meanwhile, offered conflicting accounts of whether the Strait of Hormuz was open or closed. And Gulf states reported one of the most intense Iranian attacks of the war, which set off multiple drone and missile alerts. – Analysis: A teetering ceasefire bodes ill for treacherous US-Iran talks ahead | CNN Politics