Michael Jansen

Mohammed bin Salman continues kingdom’s traditional practice of chequebook diplomacy

Saudi imposition of visa scheme and limit on attendance reducing numbers from abroad able to make pilgrimage to Mecca

Psychosocial wellbeing of children falls to ‘alarming levels’ due to Israel’s blockade and repeated military operations, report finds

Israel-Palestine settlement must adhere to ‘two-state solution’, says Cypriot president

Iran censured by IAEA for failing to explain uranium particles at three undeclared sites

Moscow seeking to convince Turkish president to drop his plan to drive Kurdish forces from 30km-wide border zone in Syria

Tel Aviv to dispatch warships and a naval version of its Iron Dome missile defence system to protect drill ship which has entered an offshore oil and gas field partly claimed by Lebanon

The UN estimates that as of the end of last year, 377,000 Yemenis have died due to the war

Former defence minister Elias Bou Saab is chosen as deputy speaker by 65 votes in second round of voting for the post

Commanders boarded ships at Iraqi port on Friday in retaliation over move against Iranian vessel

Beirut Letter: NGOs and ‘bubbles’ supply shelter, food and medical care to needy

More than 350 Irish troops are deployed with Polish, Hungarian and Maltese contingents at a camp at al-Tir near Bint Jbeil

Hizbullah’s partners shed seats in election with ruling coalition set to lose majority

Few believe election will end rule of political elite accused of destroying nation

Official Enrique Mora arrives in Tehran for discussions in ‘new step forward’