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# Middle East

This week
14th April 2024 - 19th April 2024
Netanyahu says Israel ‘will make our decisions ourselves’ as UK and German ministers visit Tel Aviv
Updated 17 Apr
11.5k
Harris' first EU Council: Taoiseach to urge leaders to use 'every lever' to bring about ceasefire
Christina Finn
reports from Brussels
17 Apr
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Israel promises response to Iranian drone and missile attack as Iran warns against it
Updated 16 Apr
17.5k
Ireland to increase number of peacekeepers deployed to south Lebanon to beef up security
16 Apr
8.0k
'War is no joke': Iranians torn between pride and concern after attack on Israel
14 Apr
14.6k
Iran attacks Israel: US warns against 'wider war', G7 condemns strikes
Hundreds of missiles and drones were intercepted with the help of the United States, the UK and allies.
World leaders are seriously alarmed at the 'unprecedented escalation' represented by the large-scale attack.
Iran's army has said that the attack 'achieved all its objectives' and that it has 'no intention to continue' the operation.
US President Joe Biden reiterated Washington's 'ironclad' support for Israel after an urgent meeting on the spiralling crisis.
Updated 14 Apr
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Iran launches drone and missile attack against Israel, warns US to 'stay away' from conflict
14 Apr
Tom Clonan: After Iran's attack on Israel, the 'world now holds its breath'
14 Apr
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Taoiseach condemns Iran’s 'reckless' attack and urges 'all sides' to show restraint
14 Apr
8.5k
Iran launches drone and missile attack against Israel, warns US to 'stay away' from conflict
Iran has said the attack involves “dozens of missiles and drones at specific targets”.
An Israeli official said "more than 100 UAV drones launched towards Israel from Iran".
Blasts have been heard in the skies above Jerusalem early Sunday morning.
US and UK media have reported that both nations have been involved in Israel's defence.
Updated 14 Apr
59.2k
Last week
7th April 2024 - 13th April 2024
Israel pounds Gaza while US says it will send reinforcements to deter any attack by Iran
US President Joe Biden said he expected Iran to attempt to strike Israel soon but warned against any retaliation for the 1 April strike on its Damascus consulate.
13 Apr
7.2k
Opinion: Israel's treatment of innocent Palestinians is reminiscent of humanity's darkest days
Bobby McDonagh
8 Apr
10.5k
Last month
March 2024
Opinion: Israel's actions in Gaza have weakened our humanity — a ceasefire must come now
Karol Balfe
26 Mar
4.5k
The Explainer: What challenges are Irish troops facing in an unstable Middle East?
6 Mar
2.0k
This year
2024
Thousands told to evacuate largest hospital in south Gaza as 9 dead after Israel strikes Lebanon
14 Feb
8.4k
Tom Clonan: Israel has pursued the relentless massacre of innocent Palestinians in Gaza
Tom Clonan
Updated 12 Feb
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Iran says it 'will not hesitate' to respond to US attack on its territory
5 Feb
13.3k
US and UK launch dozens of strikes on Houthi locations in Yemen
4 Feb
8.5k
Joe Biden says he has decided how to respond to drone attack that killed US troops
30 Jan
7.4k
US vows 'very consequential' response after military members killed in Jordan drone strike
Updated 29 Jan
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Three US military members killed and more than 20 injured in drone strike on Jordan base
28 Jan
17.1k
British ship on fire in Red Sea after attack claimed by Houthis
26 Jan
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Holly Cairns: Ireland has long advocated for the Palestinians - we can't let them down now
Holly Cairns
23 Jan
8.3k
Kittens & Current Affairs: 'Try not to look away from a world in flames, no matter how tempting'
Bobby McDonagh
21 Jan
11.4k
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US to reclassify Houthis as 'specially designated terrorists'
17 Jan
7.6k
Sister of UK citizen being held hostage by Hamas says 'there is no more time'
14 Jan
23.9k
US carries out fresh strike in Yemen, UK warns Iran to 'cease' Houthi support
The fresh strike comes after the Houthis warned of further attacks on ships in the Red Sea.
13 Jan
15.8k
Mary Lou McDonald to address rally in London calling for ceasefire in Gaza
12 Jan
28.0k
Explainer: Why did the US and UK just launch airstrikes in Yemen?
12 Jan
20.4k
Antony Blinken meets head of Palestinian Authority as Israel continues to bombard Gaza
Mahmud Abbas spoke with Blinken of the need “to stop the Israeli aggression against Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank”.
Palestinian Authority currently exercises limited rule in the West Bank, which has been occupied by Israel since 1967.
Netanyahu is not known to have shifted his position on reviving talks for a Palestinian state.
Blinken has called for "more food, more water, more medicine" to be delivered to Gaza.
10 Jan
19.0k
Israel agrees for UN mission to assess north Gaza situation, says Blinken
The US diplomat says the IDF is entering a “lower intensity phase” in Gaza.
Updated 9 Jan
31.0k
Israeli strike kills Hezbollah commander in southern Lebanon
8 Jan
7.2k
UN says Gaza is now 'uninhabitable' as Western diplomats make trips to Middle East
The death toll in Gaza now stands at least 22,722 people, most of them women and children.
In Khan Younis, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) evacuated its staff and their family members from the area around the Al-Aqsa hospital
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Turkey today at the start of his fourth regional tour since the conflict began.
In a statement on Saturday, the Gaza health ministry said it had recorded more than 120 deaths over the past 24 hours.
Updated 6 Jan
16.3k
Micheál Martin warns of ‘devastating consequences’ for the world if Middle East conflict widens
6 Jan
16.5k
US says it carried out Iraq strike, killed pro-Iran commander
Updated 4 Jan
23.0k
Funeral of Hamas leader in Beirut as Blinken heads for Middle East amid wider conflict fears
Tensions have surged with Lebanon, where a strike in Beirut on Tuesday, widely assumed to have been carried out by Israel, killed Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Aruri.
Aruri was killed in the south Beirut stronghold of the powerful Iran-backed Hezbollah movement.
The Israeli military, in its campaign to destroy the Islamist militant group, has reported more strikes in and around Gaza City.
Updated 4 Jan
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At least 103 people killed and 211 wounded in bombings in Iran at ceremony near general's grave
3 Jan
Hezbollah leader warns Israel against waging war on Lebanon as fears rise of wider conflict
3 Jan
At least 103 people killed and 211 wounded in bombings in Iran at ceremony near general's grave
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed “evil and criminal enemies” of the country for the attack and vowed a “harsh response.”
Updated 3 Jan
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Hezbollah leader warns Israel against waging war on Lebanon as fears rise of wider conflict
Hamas’s number two Saleh al-Aruri was killed along with his bodyguards in the strike by Israel.
French President Emmanuel Macron urged Israel to "avoid any escalatory attitude".
Updated 3 Jan
23.1k
Last year
2023
Opinion: We are living in difficult times – but we must not give up hope
Karol Balfe
Updated 28 Dec 2023
8.1k
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UN-led peace process announces Yemeni warring factions agree to ceasefire
23 Dec 2023
6.8k
Netanyahu & the American Evangelicals: 'They wage war in our country, then celebrate Christmas'
Updated 21 Dec 2023
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