‘They are late today’: Waiting for an Israeli strike in BeirutRegular and deadly attacks have produced a strange, dark reality in Lebanon’s capitalFri Nov 15 2024 - 18:30
Beirut letter: Over the past two months, I have had an education in how fragile the human body isSally Hayden: How many innocent people must be killed or have their lives destroyed in Israel’s pursuit of `military targets’?Tue Nov 12 2024 - 05:00
‘We will leave when we die. We will have the real life after that’In Baalbek, eastern Lebanon, many of those who heeded Israeli evacuation warnings have returned home despite the continuing dangerSun Nov 10 2024 - 16:00
‘They are sending terrorism to us’: Israeli attacks continue killing civilians in LebanonBuilding struck in Barja was home to a lot of displaced people, say neighbours, as Lebanon’s ministry of health says at least 3,050 people have been killed in Israeli attacks since October 2023Wed Nov 06 2024 - 18:21
At least 30 killed following Israeli strike on Lebanon apartment blockAt least 30 people, including a seven-month-old baby, have been killed after an Israeli strike on an apartment building in Barja, Lebanon. Video: Sally HaydenWed Nov 06 2024 - 14:14
A Syrian refugee (3) died in Lebanon before she could come to Ireland. Her father says Irish authorities are partly to blameThree-year-old Hoda died before she could come to Ireland. Her father believes negligence and indifference of the authorities responsible for resettlement are at least partly to blameSat Nov 02 2024 - 06:00
Life in a Lebanese Palestinian camp: ‘We still don’t feel safe. At any time they may strike here as well’Women in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian camp talk about how their lives have been changed by Israel’s attackThu Oct 31 2024 - 14:49
Abandoned in Lebanon: How Ireland offered Syrian refugees a route to safety, then left them in a war zoneTwo years ago about 375 Syrians were interviewed in Lebanon by Irish officials and told they would be resettled in Ireland before 2024. They’re still waiting - amid bombs, deprivation and discrimination. Sally Hayden spoke to some of those people, who feel trapped, scared and forgottenTue Oct 29 2024 - 06:00
Israeli drones an essential part of EU’s attempt to stop refugees and migrants from reaching its territoryDrones ‘tested over Gaza’ have been reappropriated by the EU to monitor migrants in the MediterraneanMon Oct 28 2024 - 05:00
Repeated Israeli strikes cause widespread destruction in Nabatieh, LebanonFootage taken from Nabatieh, Lebanon shows the destruction caused by repeated Israeli strikes in the area. Video: Sally HaydenSat Oct 26 2024 - 10:24
Inside a Lebanese hospital: ‘We are here to help civilians, we can’t leave’Nabatieh has been under evacuation orders since early October. Despite this, civilians remain, and it is for them that city’s hospital stays open, staff saySat Oct 26 2024 - 05:00
‘They are bombing them directly’: Medics in Lebanon increasingly worried about ‘double tap’ air strikesMSF says at least 50 paramedics were killed by Israeli attacks in a single fortnight. Ambulance teams are delaying initial emergency responses to avoid getting hit in second act of ‘double-tap’ strikesMon Oct 14 2024 - 20:03
Palestinians care for displaced Lebanese in Beirut’s southern suburbsThe Refugee Dreams Association has mounted an emergency response to help some of the now roughly 1.2 million people displaced in Lebanon – more than one-fifth of the country’s populationSun Oct 13 2024 - 15:00
In pictures: In the rubble of LebanonSally Hayden’s photographs of bomb sites in southern LebanonSat Oct 12 2024 - 06:00
Beirut under attack: ‘It’s a devastating thing for your mind and heart’No sirens and no warning from Israeli forces before loud explosions shake the city and kill 22 peopleFri Oct 11 2024 - 17:51
Residential areas of Beirut left decimated following Israeli strikesLocals in Beirut were seen surveying the damage after Israeli missiles struck two residential areas of the Lebanese capital. Video: Sally HaydenFri Oct 11 2024 - 16:30
‘In the next weeks we will not be here. We will all die or we will be displaced’As Israel wages intense aerial assaults with the stated aim of getting its own displaced people home, many Lebanese worry that soon nowhere will be safeMon Oct 07 2024 - 18:37
The Bekaa Valley: Once known for its beauty and vineyards, now locals fear bombs at any momentAs Israel attempts a land invasion in Lebanon’s south, and continues with air strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, the Bekaa Valley in the east has also become a war zoneFri Oct 04 2024 - 06:00
Dahiyeh was an area bustling and full of life in Beirut. Now, as we walk around, it stands emptyBombings are audible right across Lebanon’s capital but have mainly concentrated on one part of Beirut’s southern suburbsThu Oct 03 2024 - 19:54
Anger and fear in Beirut: ‘The Israeli army are treating us like mice’Israel’s attacks on Lebanon have triggered a scramble to flee the country, while people who remain fear even more bloodshed is on the wayWed Oct 02 2024 - 17:16
Lebanon braces for Israeli ground invasion as the country reels from day of assassinationsAs many as a million people are thought to be displaced now in Lebanon, according to Lebanese authorities, while the death toll since September 16th is at least 1,135Mon Sept 30 2024 - 21:04
Life in Beirut: ‘At the beginning there was some bombing but we didn’t leave. Then there was another, so severe’At least 1,079 people have been killed by Israeli attacks in Lebanon over the last two weeks, and up to a million have been displacedSun Sept 29 2024 - 20:00
Volunteers at Lebanon kitchen mobilise to produce 1,200 meals a day: ‘We don’t know what’s happening tomorrow’Grassroots initiatives work to help up to 500,000 affected as churches, schools and technical colleges are repurposed as shelters while Israeli air strikes continueWed Sept 25 2024 - 18:22
Hizbullah rocket targets Mossad headquarters near Tel Aviv as conflict with Israel escalatesAt least 558 killed since Monday and 1,835 wounded, Lebanon’s health ministry says. Close to 30,000 displaced said to be sheltering in schools across countryWed Sept 25 2024 - 07:33
EU warns of almost ‘full-fledged war’ as hundreds killed after Israel hits Hizbullah targets in Lebanon EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says ‘if this is not a war situation, I don’t know what you would call it’Tue Sept 24 2024 - 07:14
Lebanon: an already traumatised nation is left reeling from deadly Israeli assaultWhile Israel said it conducted ‘extensive, precise strikes’ on about 800 targets, Lebanon’s health minister said the attack hit ambulances, fire trucks, medical centres and the cars of displaced peopleMon Sept 23 2024 - 22:36
Rescue ship tries to save minds as well as bodies on the MediterraneanMSF tackles challenge of providing mental healthcare to traumatised asylum seekers and refugeesSun Sept 15 2024 - 11:00
Hunger being used as weapon in Sudan war, humanitarian organisations saySudan’s hunger crisis is world’s largest with more than 25 million people suffering acute food insecurityTue Sept 03 2024 - 07:00
‘If the system worked for refugees no one would risk their life like this’: A Syrian writer’s journey to EuropeYusuf was among 73 people taken on board the Médecins Sans Frontières Geo Barents ship off LibyaMon Sept 02 2024 - 06:30
Kidnap, extortion and murder in the Mediterranean: ‘He’s giving us one option. If you don’t go, he’ll kill you’Interviews with migrants on a rescue ship help trace their routes to Europe, which can often include legal or semi-legal portionsSat Aug 31 2024 - 06:00
Beirut life goes on despite fears Middle East is on the brink Media is filled with reports of the regional situation intensifying but most people in Lebanon have no choice but to adapt to mounting conflictThu Aug 29 2024 - 06:00
Life - and death - in Hebron: ‘Blood will increase the gap between both of us’Former soldiers call for an end to Israeli occupation of the West Bank cityTue Aug 27 2024 - 17:05
‘We don’t have a life’: Palestinian shepherds struggle to graze amid growing settlementsIsraeli activist says only ‘intervention from outside’, possibly in the form of sanctions, could convince Israeli authorities to change approach to occupied territoriesThu Aug 22 2024 - 15:50
Palestinian children on existence in Jenin refugee camp: ‘I want to fight and if I die I will go to heaven’Jenin refugee camp has been a centre of Palestinian armed resistance for many years, and the resultant exposure of children to violence is reflected in drawings produced by youngsters in the camp’s Not to Forget centreSat Aug 17 2024 - 06:00
‘The bookseller of Jerusalem’ believes every exploration of art and culture by Palestinians ‘is a form of resistance’Mahmoud Muna says ruling by International Court of Justice in The Hague gave Palestinians like him ‘a little bit of hope’Tue Aug 13 2024 - 05:00
Cancer patients are the quiet victims of Gaza war and West Bank occupationSlow and preventable deaths of Gazans with cancer may never be counted among the war casualties, even if they are a direct result of that conflictMon Aug 05 2024 - 11:00
‘They are afraid and we are not afraid:’ A tour through some of Israel’s illegal West Bank settlementsIsrael is pressing ahead with plans to grow illegal settlements in the occupied territories even as it inflames tensions in the regionSat Aug 03 2024 - 06:00
Left bleeding for hours then strapped to an Israeli military vehicle. ‘Human shield’ Mujhed Abadi appeals for justiceIDF also accused of denying injured civilians urgent health treatmentSun Jul 28 2024 - 06:00
Palestinian boxing fights on past occupation and war in GazaPalestine’s first Olympic boxer Waseem Abu Sal set to represent his nation in ParisThu Jul 25 2024 - 09:49
‘We are all going to die.’ Refugees in Sudan appeal for safe passage as ‘foreigners’ ordered to leave KhartoumAsylum seekers fleeing conflict in other countries say they are not granted safe passage and fear for their livesMon Jul 22 2024 - 07:10
‘We are resilient’: Ghana’s LGBT+ community celebrates Pride month amid repressionCelebrations were ‘forced into hiding’ as outcome of legislation, which would put LGBT+ people at risk of imprisonment, remains unclearMon Jul 01 2024 - 18:12
Kenya: Security forces deployed in Nairobi as protesters mourn those killed during demonstrations earlier in weekAt least 23 people were killed and parliament was briefly stormed and set alight in demonstrations on WednesdayThu Jun 27 2024 - 20:20
Several killed and dozens injured during protest in Kenya over tax BillSecurity forces targeted protesters who raided and set the parliament on fireTue Jun 25 2024 - 20:38
‘Living in Khartoum is a hell’: Food and water shortages leave civilians desperate as Sudan conflict rages onAid has become a battleground in the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, with a third of the population facing acute food insecuritySun Jun 16 2024 - 11:00
The Juliet Club: ‘There was just something really lovely about the idea of reading people’s love stories’The first ‘Juliet’s secretary’ is believed to have been Ettore Solimani, known as ‘the guardian of Juliet’s tomb’Sat May 25 2024 - 06:00
‘Difficult choices’: The particular vulnerability of children with disabilities in South SudanAmid ‘the world’s invisible crisis’, children with disabilities, and the people who love them, face particularly severe challengesMon May 13 2024 - 05:00
I have reported in Rwanda three times. On my fourth attempt, I was not allowed on the planeMy reporting and experience in Rwanda was used as evidence in the legal challenge against the UK Home Office’s Rwanda deportation planSun Apr 21 2024 - 07:02
Sudan war marks one-year anniversary as donor conference held in ParisUrgent appeal for humanitarian aid as displacement crisis worsensMon Apr 15 2024 - 06:00
South Sudan’s severe economic crisis pushes citizens towards starvation‘There are some people now who can spend three or four days with no food on their table’Sun Apr 07 2024 - 06:00
UN: 'We are failing the people of Sudan'In South Sudan a year-long civil war has caused the displacement of nine million people with five million people facing "catastrophic hunger."Sat Apr 06 2024 - 08:33
