A Truce That’s Still War in Lebanon and Hormuz

Shownotes American policy has not kept up with the punishing realities unleashed by the war President Donald Trump started with Iran.  Iran and the United States announced a truce, even as they’re still fighting to control shipping through the Strait of Hormuz – and more tellingly, Israel accelerated its attacks on Lebanon the day after the truce supposedly took effect. A similar disconnect is at play in the negotiations between two powers with opaque decision-making processes and an apparent high tolerance for ambiguity and instability. Associated Press correspondent Kareem Chehayeb joins Order from Ashes from Lebanon, with a bracing report on the staggering harm to Lebanese society. In the second segment of the podcast, Michael Wahid Hanna from Crisis Group takes stock of the tremendous costs to the world and to the US of Trump’s unjustified war of choice, and what we’ve learned about how the US government is making decisions. Participants Kareem Chehayeb is a correspondent with the Associated Press in Lebanon. Michael Wahid Hanna is the U.S. program director at International Crisis Group. Thanassis Cambanis is director of Century International.  Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2026 Episode: Order from Ashes 108