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# Middle East

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Hit and run rampage in Jerusalem leaves two dead in religious violence
Top Obama official: Netanyahu is a "chickenshit"
Amid tensions in Jerusalem, Israel announces 1,000 new settler homes in the city
Watch: US military obliterate Islamic State flag planted on Kobane hill
Teenage girls lured by ISIS with promises of 'Disney lives' with good homes and husbands
John Grisham, college fees, and Facebook: The week in numbers
Opinion: A holy war? Examining the relationship between religion and violence
Gary Keogh
Three Irish fighters have been killed in Middle East conflicts since 2010
Australia is joining the fight against Islamic State in Iraq
Opinion: The threat of Ebola and the 'Responsibility to Protect'
Jennifer Moore
Opinion: The US should step back and let the Middle East tackle Isis
Niall McGlynn
Poll: Do you support US-led airstrikes on the Islamic State group?
Mohammed is the most popular baby name in Israel - but the state doesn't count Arabic names
Captured British aid worker pleads for his life in audio file sent to his wife
Captured British journalist warns of "another Vietnam" in war with Islamic State
Column: It was the largest coordinated demonstration in human history – and they ignored it
Amir Amirani
John Kerry travels to Middle East to hold anti-IS talks
Opinion: Why Gaza needs an Albert Reynolds
Paul Allen
Palestinian ambassador compares occupied Gaza to occupied Ireland
"Settlements are illegal" - Ireland joins chorus of condemnation of Israeli land grab
Breakthrough against IS: Iraqi troops reach town of Amerli, ending 2-month siege
Philippine UN peacekeepers safe after Irish-aided 'great escape'
Enda off to Brussels for election of new European Council President
Opinion: The lives of our peacekeeping troops are being recklessly risked at the Syrian border
Aaron McKenna
No Irish troops among dozens of peacekeepers captured in the Golan Heights
Opinion: Dramatic change is needed in American foreign policy – the people have no appetite for war
Larry Donnelly
"I don't want to live through a fourth war." - Gaza erupts in peace celebrations
Opinion: 'I ate leaves and grass to stay alive' – Iraqi families pushed from their homes by ISIS
Donatella Rovera
ISIS militants holding James Foley captive asked for a ransom of $100m
Debate Room: Was the New York Post's front page photo of James Foley unethical?
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
28 million people in the Middle East need humanitarian aid
Gaza truce extended by one day within minutes of deadline
Israel destroys West Bank homes of three Palestinians suspected of murdering teenagers
Five more days of peace: Israel and Hamas agree to extend ceasefire
Column: Does celebrity opinion promote or distract from the news?
Darren Mooney
Opinion: The Syrian Civil War has moved out of the limelight – and towards its endgame
Niall McGlynn
No end in sight: Obama warns that new US intervention in Iraq is a "long-term project"
British minister quits Cabinet over Gaza
Hamas denies knowledge of captured soldier as US votes to fund Israel's Iron Dome
Opinion: 'When bombing gets close my family come to me... they think I can protect them'
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