Middle East

Syrian refugee deported from Greece loses case against EU border agency

Elections must be held soon in Palestine, Tánaiste tells Abbas

Faux pas fails to derail Micheál Martin’s Israel visit but Dev’s Hitler condolences not forgotten

Tánaiste criticises Israeli settlement activity during Middle East peace visit

Hard to see how US can balance demands and broker Middle East peace plan

Man killed during Israeli army raid in West Bank refugee camp, Palestinian officials say

Deporting Eritrean asylum seekers seen as a vote winner by Binyamin Netanyahu

Iran: Two journalists sentenced to three years for conspiracy

Twitter accused of helping Saudi Arabia commit human rights abuses

Tánaiste’s visit to Middle East an attempt to reinvigorate interest in Israeli/Palestinian peace process

EU official from Sweden jailed in Iran for more than 500 days

Netanyahu calls for deportation of illegal immigrants after clashes in Israel

Lebanon’s first World War famine: ‘People turned their face and blocked their ears’

Dozens of police injured as clashes erupt among rival Eritrean groups in Israel

Palestinian trucker shot dead after Israeli soldier killed in ramming

Bahrain jail inmates reject partial plan and persist with large-scale hunger strike

Golan Heights training: ‘Get up on that f**king left bank,’ shouts someone at a machine gun team

The new space race: Why are so many countries trying to land on the moon?

Concerns in Israel that meeting of Israeli and Libyan ministers has weakened trust in its officials

Israeli forces ‘face no accountability for killing Palestinian children’, says report

Libyan foreign minister flees to Turkey following news of meeting with Israeli counterpart

Murderer of Irish peacekeepers reportedly released after 8½ years in prison

Plan to double presence of settlers in Israeli-occupied West Bank by 2050

Brics group set to expand with six more countries to join next year

Four people killed in shootout in northern Israeli Arab town

‘This is survival’: Drilling for offshore gas offers hope to Lebanon

Saudi Arabian police and troops accused of killing Ethiopians at Yemen border

Jewish settlers demand military operation in West Bank after woman killed in Hebron shooting

Relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia boosted by minister’s visit and embassy reopening in Riyadh

Arab leaders say Syria crisis can only be solved politically

Hundreds of Muslim men attack Christian community in Pakistan after alleged desecration of Koran

Cracks appear in Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu’s coalition over concessions to ultra-Orthodox elements

Israel prevents Saudi Arabia from establishing a consulate in occupied East Jerusalem

Top military staff warn Netanyahu that combat readiness of Israel Defence Forces is threatened

Sectarian tensions rise in Lebanon death after funeral of Hizbullah fighter

Israeli forces kill Palestinian man and wound eight others during West Bank raid

Syria and UN agree deal on humanitarian aid for jihadi-held region

Biden makes his big Middle East push: a Saudi Arabia-Israel pact

Arab mayors in Israel accuse far-right finance minister of racism after he blocked fund transfers to Arab councils

Saudi Arabia, Gulf emirates, Britain and Germany issue travel bans and restrictions on citizens visiting Lebanon

Four Syrian soldiers killed in Israeli missile attack near Damascus, state media reports

Baby born under rubble of Syrian earthquake a picture of happiness six months on

Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan given three-year jail sentence

Islamic State announces new leader after death of Abu Hussein al-Qurashi

Ukraine seeks global support for peace blueprint in Saudi talks

Israeli court hears petitions against law preventing Netanyahu being declared incapacitated

Israel’s ruling party accused of threatening court over judicial reforms

Third Koran burning triggers promises of action in Denmark and Sweden

Israel’s parliament passes first reading of ‘sexual terrorism’ bill

Palestinian political rivals to establish reconciliation committee

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