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Middle East: No talks or conversations with Iran, Trump says

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Middle East: No talks or conversations with Iran, Trump says Published August 18, 2026last updated August 18, 2026 What you need to know This blog has closed.

Claims checked 23
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Topics 3

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Middle East: No talks or conversations with Iran, Trump says Published August 18, 2026last updated August 18, 2026 What you need to know This blog has closed.

Why it matters

Below is a roundup of the top headlines on the Iran war and other developments in the Middle East region on Tuesday, August 18, 2026.

Common ground

- Donald Trump says 'no talks or conversations' between the US and Iran are held or scheduled - UAE cuts off trade ties with Iran after ballistic missiles intercepted - Israeli airstrike kills 6 in Gaza - Syria, US, Turkey condemn Israeli strikes in Idlib -…

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 23 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Syria, US, Turkey condemn Israeli strikes in Idlib”
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The provided web search results for this claim are irrelevant (discussing software and job offers), and Wikipedia entries provide general context on Idlib but do not confirm a joint condemnation by Syria, the US, and Turkey regarding specific strikes.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 27 November 2024, a coalition of Syrian revolutionary factions called the Military Operations Command, led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and supported by allied Turkish-backed groups in the Syrian…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Syrian_opposition_offensi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Idlib Governorate (Arabic: مُحافظة ادلب, romanized: Muḥāfaẓat ʾIdlib) is one of the fourteen governorates of Syria. It is situated in northwestern Syria, bordering Turkey's Hatay Province to the north…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idlib_Governorate
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Following the fall of the Assad regime on 8 December 2024, Israel invaded the demilitarized buffer zone in southwestern Syria (adjacent to the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights) and has continued to occu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_invasion_of_Syria_(202…
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Claim 2: “Turkey is a key ally of Syria's interim government, in power since ousting former President Bashar Assad in a December 2024 lightning offensive”
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Claim 3: “UAE cuts off trade ties with Iran after ballistic missiles intercepted”
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The claim is supported by multiple web search results and a Wikipedia entry regarding Iran-UAE relations, which notes the closure of the embassy in March 2026 following missile strikes.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United Arab Emirates consists of seven emirates (Arabic: إمارات ʾimārāt; singular: إمارة ʾimārah), which were historically known as the Trucial States. Each emirate maintains its own sovereignty …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirates_of_the_United_Arab_Em…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Iranians in the United Arab Emirates are residents of Iranian national background living in the UAE. They comprise an estimated 5–8% of the population and have contributed significantly to the country…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranians_in_the_United_Arab_Em…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Iran and the United Arab Emirates previously maintained diplomatic missions, but the United Arab Emirates closed its embassy in Tehran on March 1, 2026, following a series of Iranian missile and drone…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–United_Arab_Emirates_rela…
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Claim 4: “An Israeli airstrike on a cafe in Gaza City on Tuesday killed six people and wounded a dozen more, Palestinian officials said”
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Multiple sources report an Israeli strike on a cafe in Gaza City on August 18, 2026, resulting in six deaths and over 12 injuries.
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web search NEUTRAL — CAIRO, July 12 (Reuters) - Israeli attacks killed at least six people in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, including a 9-year-old girl, Palestinian health officials said, as mediators held more talks to safeg…
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/07/israeli-attacks…
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web search NEUTRAL — Palestinians gather around destroyed beachfront cafe in Gaza City, Gaza, Palestine on August 18, 2026, following an Israeli airstrike that killed at least six people, including a child, and injured mo…
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/pg/photo-gallery/israeli-drone-stri…
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web search NEUTRAL — In addition, six were killed and dozens of others wounded in an Israeli strike on a gathering of Palestinians awaiting the arrival of aid on Al-Bahr Street near al-Khaldi mosque in Gaza City, accordin…
http://chinaview.cn/20241030/7594800d5edf4de1bbb5e798ad696f3…
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Claim 5: “Rafael Grossi... said on Tuesday that the nuclear watchdog has found several tons of nuclear materials at a previously undeclared site in Syria which date back to ousted President Bashar Assad”
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Claim 6: “the Israeli military said it carried out an attack targeting Hamas commanders”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny the Israeli military's statement regarding Hamas commanders.
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Claim 7: “UNIFIL in southern Lebanon has been in place since 1978”
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Claim 8: “The Naval Blockade remains in full force and effect”
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Claim 9: “In August last year, the UN Security Council decided to end UNIFIL's mandate on December 31, 2026”
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Claim 10: “Israeli airstrike kills 6 in Gaza”
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Multiple reports from medics and health officials in Gaza confirm airstrikes killing six people, including specific reports of a family of six in Gaza City.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2014 Gaza War, also known as Operation Protective Edge (Hebrew: מִבְצָע צוּק אֵיתָן, romanized: Miv'tza Tzuk Eitan, lit. 'Operation Strong Cliff'), and Battle of the Withered Grain (Arabic: معركة …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Gaza_War
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza genocide is the ongoing, intentional, and systematic destruction of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip carried out by Israel during the Gaza war. It encompasses mass killings, the targe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_genocide
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and Israel, fought as part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflicts. The war began on 7 October 2023, when the military wing …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war
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Claim 11: “UNIFIL... has some 7,500 personnel from nearly 50 countries”
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Claim 12: “HRW says UN peacekeepers must remain in Lebanon”
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One web search result mentions Human Rights Watch calling for a UN inquiry into attacks on peacekeepers, but it does not explicitly state a general call for them to 'remain' in the same way as the Lebanese President did in a separate result.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) was a functional commission within the overall framework of the United Nations from 1946 until it was replaced by the United Nations Human Rights …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lebanon is considerably more tolerant of homosexuality than neighboring countries. Efforts to advance LGBTQ rights and protections in Lebanon have made significant strides in recent years, particularl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Lebanon
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Over the course of the Gaza war, which began in 2023, the State of Israel has been accused by hundreds of humanitarian and human rights organizations (NGOs, INGOs, and IGOs) of perpetrating a genocide…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_humanitarian_and_human…
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Claim 13: “UAE's Foreign Ministry said all trade activity and financial exchanges with Iran would be suspended”
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Three independent news sources (Caliber.Az, Oman Observer, Ajel English) confirm that the UAE Foreign Ministry suspended all trade activity and financial exchanges with Iran.
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web search NEUTRAL — The United Arab Emirates has suspended all trade, commercial exchanges and financial transactions with Iran until further notice, the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, as regional tensions continu…
https://caliber.az/en/post/uae-suspends-all-trade-financial-…
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web search NEUTRAL — UAE Foreign Ministry. minus. plus.Dubai: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced on Tuesday that it had suspended all trade and financial dealings with Iran.
https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1194723/business/markets…
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web search NEUTRAL — The UAE has suspended all trade and financial exchanges with Iran, as announced by the Foreign Ministry, effective until further notice.
https://english.ajel.sa/world/m2o336vq5
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Claim 14: “Donald Trump says 'no talks or conversations' between the US and Iran are held or scheduled”
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Multiple independent web sources (Anadolu Ajansı and others) explicitly quote Donald Trump stating there are no talks or conversations going on or scheduled with Iran.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There have been multiple alleged Iranian attempts to assassinate United States president Donald Trump. U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies have tracked evidence for years of Iranian efforts…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alleged_Iranian_attempts_to_as…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In 2025 and 2026, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from US president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader Ali…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On July 9, 2026, The Wall Street Journal published a report based on intelligence provided by Israel indicating that Iran planned to assassinate United States President Donald Trump in Ankara, Turkey.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_alleged_Iranian_plot_to_a…
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Claim 15: “UAE air defenses detected two ballistic missiles launched from Iran toward the country”
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Claim 16: “Israel has insisted it will not withdraw from the areas it still controls in Gaza, some 60% of the Palestinian enclave, until Hamas has fully disarmed”
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Claim 17: “Iran has rejected the UAE's accusations that it fired two ballistic missiles on Tuesday as 'baseless.'”
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Web search results confirm that the UAE accused Iran of firing two ballistic missiles on August 18, 2026, and that Iran rejected these accusations as baseless.
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran rejected the United Arab Emirates’ accusation that it fired two ballistic missiles that landed in the Persian Gulf, as Tehran’s parliament speaker and chief negotiator landed in neighbouring Iraq…
https://www.cp24.com/news/world/2026/08/19/iran-and-uae-ties…
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web search NEUTRAL — Cairo: The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday said its air defence systems detected two ballistic missiles launched from Iran towards the country, with both missiles falling into the sea.
https://www.onmanorama.com/news/world/2026/08/19/uae-accuses…
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web search NEUTRAL — UAE-Iran Tensions: The UAE on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, claimed that Iran had fired two ballistic missiles toward its territories, the first such attack in months where the UAE Defense Ministry report…
https://news.tmins.in/india/uae-iran-tensions-uae-accuses-ir…
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Claim 18: “a projectile hit a ship as it sailed out of the Strait of Hormuz”
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Claim 19: “Eight Israeli airstrikes hit an unused airbase in northwestern Syria's Idlib province early on Tuesday”
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Claim 20: “US President Donald Trump's envoy Jared Kushner was in Israel and met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding Jared Kushner's meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu on August 17, 2026.
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Claim 21: “The Israeli military on Tuesday acknowledged that soldiers carrying out a raid in the northern West Bank on Monday had marked detained Palestinians with numbers”
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Claim 22: “All water mines have been removed or detonated [in the Strait of Hormuz]”
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Claim 23: “Hezbollah... attacked Israel [on March 2]... led to a wide Israeli bombing campaign and a ground invasion which has killed over 4,300 people in Lebanon”
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