Lebanon

Family of Pte Seán Rooney have no ‘iota’ what is in UN investigation report into his death

Solicitor for family says full report should be released to them into death of soldier in Lebanon two years ago

Assad’s fall sees Iran’s regional influence wane

Yemen-based Houthis are the only full-strength survivors of Tehran’s axis of resistance

Israel moves tanks into Golan Heights demilitarised zone and strikes ‘strategic targets’ in Syria

Binyamin Netanyahu says IDF moves to ensure ‘no hostile force embeds itself next to Israel’s border’

Rebels face task of preventing Syria from fracturing into fiefdoms

Anarchy could spill over into neighbouring Lebanon and Jordan and destabilise the eastern Arab world

Israel reinforces border as rebels advance in Syria

Ceasefire negotiations resume as 32 Gaza residents are killed

South Lebanon after the ceasefire: Ruins, funerals and talk of resistance

There are signs of mass return, of cleaning and clearing; a sense of reclamation, but also of grief

‘Now I wait on the hill for the Israeli bomb to drop’: Beirut nightclub photographer moves to a more serious beat

When the war started and the clubs closed, Raghed Waked turned his focus to the conflict in Lebanon

Israeli delegation expected to discuss ceasefire deal in Egypt

Air strikes kill at least 47 people across Gaza, say Palestinian medics

Ceasefire offers displaced southern Lebanese a chance to bury their dead

Despite a halt to attacks, many Lebanese refer to a ‘one-sided ceasefire’ amid reports of multiple breaches by Israel

Israeli strikes kill at least 23 Palestinians across Gaza as army issues new evacuation orders

Israel threatens to return to war in Lebanon if its truce with Hizbullah collapses

Netanyahu says Hizbullah ‘violated’ ceasefire after Israel launches air strikes

Exchanges put five-day old truce in Lebanon under severe strain

Ceasefire in Lebanon is unlikely to bring respite to Gaza, where the onslaught continues

The ceasefire offers something to both sides: Hezbollah has been severely weakened by months of Israeli onslaught while it has been welcomed across the political spectrum in Israel

‘I stopped short of eating sheep brains’: Irish Times reporters abroad on their favourite foods and restaurants

To celebrate Food Month, Irish Times writers abroad reveal favourite foods and restaurants in their various postings

Israeli military continues to warn Lebanese citizens not to return to border villages

Medics report at least 40 dead as Israeli tanks pull back from Gaza refugee camp

What does the ceasefire between Israel and Hizbullah entail and will it succeed?

Hizbullah has dropped demand that a ceasefire in Lebanon is contingent on ending fighting in Gaza

Mahmoud Abbas names temporary successor in Palestinian Authority but rejects calls to resign

Abbas blamed for rampant corruption and mismanagement and held responsible for rift with Hamas

Ceasefire fails to allay fears in northern Israel

Displaced residents fear agreement cannot keep them safe from Hizbullah in towns near contested border with Lebanon

Lebanon ceasefire: ‘We have no windows, no doors but we can live. Not like other people’

Hours after a truce was called, people began to return to southern Lebanon without knowing if their homes remained intact

Israel-Hizbullah ceasefire holds as thousands seek to return to homes

US-brokered deal ‘designed to be a permanent cessation of hostilities’, says Joe Biden

Netanyahu has every reason to avoid a Gaza ceasefire

Israel has agreed to pause fighting in Lebanon, but a truce in Gaza remains in doubt

Hizbullah withdrawal will not erase its presence in south Lebanon

Following ceasefire deal, Shia movement will halt attacks on Israel, but will assume huge responsibilities in rebuilding towns and infrastructure

Israel-Lebanon ceasefire: Israel approves deal with Hizbullah

Israeli PM says ‘we will strike decisively’ if Hizbullah violates accord, which is expected to take effect on Wednesday

‘People hope the fire will stop’ after Israel and Lebanon agree ceasefire

‘Israel can say one thing today and tomorrow it can change,’ says Ali amid reports of a 60-day cessation of attacks

The Irish Times view on the ceasefire deal in Lebanon: a precarious peace

The deal is not a long-term agreement, but the framework for a 60-day ceasefire, with Unifil set to play an important role in implementation

Ancient Tyre paying high price for being at the front in a modern war

The city has seen a mass exodus since Israel intensified its assault against Hizbullah, displacing more than 1.2m people

Ceasefire imminent between Israel and Hizbullah, Lebanese officials told

Israeli security cabinet expected to approve deal on Tuesday despite minister’s criticism of ‘historic missed opportunity’

‘I’m going to go home and see my dog and get a Chinese’: Irish Unifil troops welcomed home from Lebanon

Israel’s invasion of Lebanon made peacekeeping tour among most dangerous and complex undertaken by an Irish unit

Israel-Hizbullah close to ceasefire deal, says Israel’s envoy to Washington

Fighting continued on Sunday, with Hizbullah firing 250 rockets into Israel, while Israel struck targets near Beirut

Hizbullah fires heavy rocket barrages at Israel following deadly Beirut strike

At least one Lebanese solider killed in Israeli attack in Al-Amiriya, says Lebanese army

At least 15 killed and dozens injured by Israeli air strikes in Beirut

Gaza’s health ministry says at least 80 people were killed between Thursday and Friday in multiple strikes in the enclave’s north

Israeli air strike kills at least four in central Beirut

Israel used bunker buster bombs in attack destroying eight-storey building, local media report

UK signals it would arrest Netanyahu if he travelled to the country

Government says it will ‘always comply’ with international legal obligations after ICC warrant issued for Israeli prime minister

Widespread condemnation of ICC arrest warrants cross Israeli political spectrum

Netanyahu says Israel ‘utterly rejects’ the accusations against it by the ICC ’which is a biased and discriminatory political body’

Death of a Hizbullah fighter: ‘With your blood Lebanon will win’

Militant group is believed to have tens of thousands of recruits from Lebanese Shia community

Red Cross appeals to Irish communities to help bring Syrian families stranded in Lebanon to Ireland

67 Syrians among the hundreds selected for resettlement in Ireland in 2022 under the Irish Refugee Protection Programme

Israel-Hizbullah ceasefire hopes grow as Lebanon agrees to plan in principle

Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei has reportedly urged Hizbullah, its most important proxy, to agree to a ceasefire

Irish model encouraged to travel to Lebanon for work before being refused permission to leave

Fionnuala Watts paid nearly €2,000 before getting visa stamped in Beirut so that she could leave

Israeli strikes kill 20 Palestinians across Gaza, including six people in tents

Hamas-run Gaza health ministry says Israeli strikes has killed 76 Palestinians across the territory over the past 24 hours

Hizbullah’s head of communications killed in Israeli air strike on central Beirut

Some 100 Palestinians reportedly killed following three Israeli attacks on central and northern Gaza

Middle East crisis: Israeli strike on school in Gaza refugee camp kills 10

Some 15 strikes carried out by Israel on Beirut for fifth consecutive day as eight killed in attacks across Lebanon

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