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#middle-east

Trump hosts rival Israeli leaders on the eve of unveiling 'historic' peace plan

Jan 28th 2020, 7:36 AM 10,501 38

#MIDDLE EAST
Irish striker Anthony Stokes' move to Iranian league leaders confirmed

Jan 27th 2020, 11:20 AM 10,965 16

#WE GO AGAIN
Passenger jet skids from runway on to street in Iran

Jan 27th 2020, 9:58 AM 30,610 29

#MAHSHAHR
USA international leaves Ajax training camp in Qatar over military tensions in Middle East

Jan 9th 2020, 12:20 PM 7,726 1

#NOT HAPPY
Varadkar: Irish government 'concerned for escalation of tensions in the Middle East'

Jan 6th 2020, 4:04 PM 8,565 22

#CRISIS
Iraqi parliament passes motion to expel US military from country following Qasem Soleimani killing

Updated Jan 5th 2020, 2:45 PM 46,259 121

#FIRE AND FURY
Iran warns of 'severe revenge' after top general killed in US airstrike

Updated Jan 3rd 2020, 10:03 AM 44,052 62

#QASEM SOLEIMANI
Trump deploys hundreds of US soldiers to Middle East after embassy attack in Iraq

Jan 1st 2020, 8:32 AM 19,692 39

#TROOPS
Prince Andrew cancels trip to Middle East amid backlash to BBC interview

Nov 22nd 2019, 7:14 AM 15,678 27

#DUKE OF YORK
Explainer: What were the Armenian massacres and why is it controversial to describe them as a 'genocide'?

Oct 30th 2019, 2:45 PM 25,821 25

#EXPLAINER
Trump confirms ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi killed in US military raid

Updated Oct 27th 2019, 1:32 PM 42,052 135

#ISLAMIC STATE
Off-duty Israeli soldier found dead with stab wounds in occupied West Bank

Aug 8th 2019, 2:12 PM 10,499 41

#FLASHPOINT
US Senate fails to block sale of $8.1 billion worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia

Jul 30th 2019, 7:35 AM 16,488 24

#VETO
Iran 'permanently' closes diplomatic relations with US government after new sanctions are imposed

Jun 25th 2019, 8:26 AM 22,985 72

#TENSIONS
US launched 'cyber-attack' on Iran weapons systems in response to drone downing

Jun 23rd 2019, 12:59 PM 22,500 61

#MIDDLE EAST
Gulf of Oman attacks: US says video shows Iran removing mine from oil tanker

Jun 14th 2019, 7:48 AM 29,502 80

#MIDDLE EAST
Up to 60 Palestinians wounded during protests to mark anniversary of creation of Israel

May 15th 2019, 7:33 PM 8,607 105

#NAKBA PROTEST
US orders all non-emergency staff to leave embassy and consulate in Iraq

May 15th 2019, 11:23 AM 13,383 28

#GULF WARS
Baby killed as Israel launches air strikes after rockets fired from Gaza

May 4th 2019, 5:32 PM 11,937 127

#MIDDLE EAST
Standing alongside Netanyahu, Trump backs Israeli claims of sovereignty over disputed Golan Heights

Mar 25th 2019, 5:36 PM 10,660 69

#MIDDLE EAST
Algerian president to drop bid for fifth term in office following weeks of protests against his candidacy

Mar 11th 2019, 8:14 PM 5,483 3

#ABDELAZIZ BOUTEFLIKA
New legal advice finds Occupied Territories Bill is 'fully compliant with EU trade rules'

Nov 23rd 2018, 12:05 AM 27,849 50

#MIDDLE EAST
Dublin to host summit on Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the new year

Nov 17th 2018, 1:00 PM 11,270 94

#MIDDLE EAST
Saudi stocks plunge after Donald Trump threatens 'severe punishment' over journalist's disappearance

Oct 14th 2018, 11:06 AM 19,162 40

#JAMAL KHASHOGGI
Israel developing missiles to hit anywhere in Middle East, defence minister says

Aug 27th 2018, 9:57 PM 11,586 60

#MISSILES
Coveney says he had ‘frank dialogue’ with Benjamin Netanyahu about Gaza

Jun 8th 2018, 12:14 PM 10,106 90

#TENSIONS
Big Tobacco made €7,900 for every dead smoker in 2015, according to a new report

Mar 9th 2018, 6:05 AM 11,727 68

#NO SMOKE WITHOUT FIRE
Wesley Sneijder completes move to Qatar after refusing offers 'from everywhere'

Jan 8th 2018, 8:05 PM 14,114 17

#UNVEILED
'With relative garda silence on Dundalk attacks, speculation and Islamaphobia swept across Internet'

Jan 4th 2018, 6:21 PM 42,070 35

#LOUTH
Ancient stone structures discovered in Saudi Arabian desert using Google Maps

Oct 28th 2017, 1:00 PM 33,569 36

#ARCHAEOLOGY
Irish aid workers are helping to fight the worst humanitarian crisis in the world

Aug 20th 2017, 7:30 AM 9,935 25

#YEMEN
Why Jerusalem's holiest site is central to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and why violence has flared there

Jul 25th 2017, 6:10 AM 9,609 113

#TIMELINE
Stolen boys: Life after sexual slavery in Afghanistan

Jul 1st 2017, 7:00 AM 51,803 23

#BACHA BAZI
Qatar told to close Al-Jazeera and accept other demands or face 'divorce' from gulf neighbours

Jun 23rd 2017, 10:08 PM 22,411 38

#CRISIS IN THE GULF
Isis has blown up the mosque where its own leader declared himself 'caliph'

Jun 22nd 2017, 6:57 AM 20,532 17

#DESTRUCTION
Explainer: What's going on in Qatar and why are all its neighbours turning on it?

Jun 10th 2017, 8:45 AM 45,472 75

#CRISIS IN THE GULF
Qatar hits out at 'baseless' Saudi terrorism blacklist

Jun 9th 2017, 1:19 PM 12,131 38

#TENSIONS
Trump criticises Qatar for 'funding extremism' despite it having largest US base in Middle East

Jun 7th 2017, 6:57 AM 11,714 31

#WADING IN
US security steps back from banning laptops on flights from Europe for now

May 30th 2017, 10:17 PM 8,356 13

#AVIATION SECURITY
Can Donald Trump save the Middle East peace process?

May 7th 2017, 7:00 PM 9,027 31

#OLIVE BRANCH