Israel and Iran continue to exchange attacks as death tolls and calls for de-escalation grow
Tánaiste warns against travel to either country as Irish embassy staff work with citizens actively seeking to leave them
Children play among bones as Syria faces ‘enormous challenge’ of what to do about mass graves
Six months after the fall of Syria’s Assad regime, mass burial sites of the war’s victims are still not cordoned off or protected
Iran retaliates with strikes against Israel as Netanyahu vows to continue for ‘as many days as it takes’
New Revolutionary Guards’ chief warns Tehran would open ‘gates of hell … upon this child-killing regime’
Dozens of Irish people to join ‘March to Gaza’ from Cairo to Rafah in protest at Israel
About 2,500 people from more than 50 countries are expected to take part in pro-Palestinian walk to Egypt-Gaza border
Sally Hayden on We Came By Sea: Stories of a Greater Britain - ‘It feels comforting and right to have a writer of Clare’s skill turn attention to this topic’
While Britons have been shown to be open to resettling refugees, years of demonisation has led to a mostly negative view of those crossing the Channel
Lebanon complains of ‘one-sided ceasefire’ after Israeli air strikes on Beirut
IDF says Thursday’s wave of bombings, more than six months after truce agreement, was targeting Hizbullah drone-making facilities
Climate change adds to Syria’s problems as Damask rose harvests fade
Syria’s harvest has shrunk as a result of climate change-related drought, further complicating the country’s economic recovery
Exhibitions open in Damascus remembering suffering and sacrifice under Syrian regime
Hundreds attend the first gallery show openings since fall of Bashar al-Assad, honouring former detainees and disappeared people
Celebrations in Damascus after Donald Trump’s sudden announcement of end to sanctions on Syria
Economic embargoes to be lifted as country struggles to rebuild after 13 years of war
Syrians celebrate end of US sanctions
Syrians in Damascus celebrate after US president Donald Trump announced plans to ease sanctions on Syria and normalise relation. Video: Sally Hayden
In Lebanon I eat lunch and listen for the thrum of planes, the blasts of bombs
Beirut Letter: I am unused to the sudden contrast between joy and violence, and feel a deep disquiet
Voicenotes from Gaza: ‘I can’t bear to see my children fighting over a loaf of bread’
Messages from Gaza reveal distressing stories of hunger, crime and a mental health crisis
‘So much gratitude in West Bank for Irish solidarity’: How Nobel Prize-winners are raising Palestinians’ plight
Delegation of women hears of ‘system of violence and impunity’ on visit to territory occupied by Israel
Humanitarian response in Gaza ‘on verge of collapse’, say aid agencies
Thousands more deaths in Gaza Strip are imminent, humanitarian agencies warn
‘We are nice people, but poor’: After Assad’s fall, economic problems are Syrians’ biggest concern
War, corruption and sanctions have taken a heavy toll on Syria, whose deepening poverty is ‘a dangerous accelerant in an already volatile environment’