In public, Qatar was insisting on the right to defend itself after Iran attacked a U.S. military site in the emirate. Behind the scenes, it was already mediating a truce between Israel and Iran.

President Donald Trump said Monday that Israel and Iran have agreed to a new ceasefire agreement amid back-and-forth attacks from the two nations and on the heels of a retaliatory military strike from Iran to a U.

In a 48-hour whirlwind, President Donald Trump veered from elated to indignant to triumphant as his fragile Israel-Iran ceasefire agreement came together, teetered toward collapse and ultimately coalesced.