The Chinese-owned, Malawian-flagged oil tanker "Rich Starry" has almost completed its passage through the Strait of Hormuz following the US naval blockade that went into effect yesterday afternoon.
That's according to ship tracking data from the website MarineTraffic. The 188-meter-long, 29-meter-wide vessel departed Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) yesterday and is now entering the Gulf of Oman.
Meanwhile, the Pakistani government has offered to host a second round of negotiations between the United States and Iran in Islamabad in the coming days.
Talks between the Lebanese and Israeli ambassadors to the US are expected to take place in Washington this Tuesday. This will be the first time in decades that officials from the two countries, which do not have diplomatic relations, have met face to face for direct negotiations.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to join the talks. They come just days after the US and Iran failed to reach a deal to end the wider war in the Middle East.
Lebanese and Israeli ambassadors are expected to discuss the possibility of direct, higher-level talks between their countries.
Lebanese authorities want to first broker a ceasefire in Israel's ongoing war with Hezbollah. However, Israel has ruled out that possibility, insisting that the Iran-backed group must disarm. And Hezbollah has rejected the talks and said it will not abide by anything agreed upon.
The recent fighting between Israel and Hezbollah has been devastating for Lebanon. More than a million people have been displaced and more than 2,000 have been killed – including about 500 women, children and medical workers.
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