Strait still shut and Lebanon fighting strains truce as US and Iran aim for first talks
Daily Maverick | 10.04.2026 19:49
The two-day-old ceasefire has halted the campaign of U.S. and Israeli air strikes on Iran. But it has so far done nothing to end the blockade of the strait, which has caused the biggest-ever disruption to global energy supplies, or to calm a parallel war waged by Israel against Iran's Hezbollah allies in Lebanon.
