US-Iran ceasefire offers welcome respite but true peace looks distant as ever (opens in new tab)

Analysts say lengthy, painstaking negotiations over region’s root tensions are required to make ceasefire stickIn much of the Middle East, news that the US and Iran had come to a fragile agreement was greeted with or even prevent a future return to war.In Kuwait, during the 15-week conflict, Iyad Joumma, a 37-year-old Jordanian engineer, spoke for many.