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Middle East: No talks or conversations with Iran, Trump says
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from DW News [en]
Trump also claimed that the Strait of Hormuz was "open and operating," contrary to Iranian reports. Meanwhile, Syria, the US and Turkey condemned Israeli strikes on a Syrian airbase. DW has more.
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