Lebanon

Lebanon marks 50th anniversary since outbreak of its civil war

Call for anniversary to be ‘a turning point, and not just a moment of remembrance’

Women protesting outside Leinster House strip-searched, one subjected to cavity search, Dáil hears

TDs protest at Garda treatment, Taoiseach did not understand ‘necessity for any strip-searching’

Hizbullah official among four killed in Israeli air strike on Beirut suburb

Attack tests unsteady ceasefire between Israel and Hizbullah

More than 6,000 modern body armour units to be acquired for Irish soldiers

Simon Harris says €16.5m contract in place to invest in protection of Defence Forces personnel

Israel strikes Beirut for first time since agreeing ceasefire with Hizbullah

Attack on Lebanese capital ‘unjustified’, says French president Emmanuel Macron

‘You could die trying to reach this treatment’: how Israel’s war on Hizbullah has shattered healthcare in south Lebanon

With a fragile ceasefire in place, medics look to repair hospitals and care centres to get services running again

Tánaiste voices ‘deep disappointment’ over Seán Rooney case in meeting with Lebanese counterparts

Simon Harris says progress slow in prosecuting alleged killers of Irish soldier (24)

Gaza Strip: ‘More than 50,000 Palestinians’ have been killed in Israel-Hamas conflict

Israeli strikes kill at least 26 in Gaza, including senior Hamas leader

Six killed as Israel hits back at Lebanon after rocket attack

Irish peacekeepers in Lebanon are ‘safe’, Tánaiste Simon Harris says amid escalation in violence

‘Dominoes to foreign interests’: a Christian town on the Lebanon-Israel border

Unlike much of southern Lebanon, Rmeish escaped the recent war relatively unscathed

Camp Shamrock, Lebanon: ‘There was a lot of pressure put on us by the Israelis to withdraw from our locations’

Having come under extreme pressure on the front line of the recent war between Israel and Hizbullah, Irish Unifil soldiers far from home are getting on with the job of peacekeeping

Israel’s latest defence strategy sees move to secure border areas

Recent military action suggests IDF working to ensure enemies unable to deploy near borders

Hebrew graffiti and a mass funeral in a Lebanese village on the Israeli border

Ninety five coffins are brought back to a village marked by Israeli military occupation

Irish soldier who died protecting others in Lebanon honoured with posthumous medal

It is the first time in the history of the State that an army private has been awarded the Distinguished Service Medal

‘Privileged and blessed’: Irish citizens post positive coverage of Hizbullah on paid-for trip to Lebanon

Self-described human rights defender Tara Reynor O’Grady and comedian Tadhg Hickey attended the funeral of assassinated Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah

Tens of thousands attend funeral of Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah as Israeli jets fly overhead

Flights to Beirut fully booked as thousands arrive from around the world, including Irish 'activists'

Lebanon prepares for funeral of Hizbullah chief Hassan Nasrallah months after assassination

Militant leader killed in September when Israeli air force dropped more than 80 bombs on Hizbullah’s Beirut hub

Israel refuses to withdraw its forces fully from southern Lebanon as extended ceasefire deadline passes

IDF says it will continue to ‘remain and temporarily control several control points inside southern Lebanon’

To a Land Unknown director Mahdi Fleifel: ‘Getting a film made is a miracle. Getting a Palestinian film made is more than that’

Refugee-themed thriller offers a timely insight into the complex consequences of statelessness

Three Israeli hostages, including dual US and French citizens, set for release in Gaza on Saturday

Yarden Bibas, Keith Siegel and Ofer Kalderon will be handed over on Saturday

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