‘We’ve become used to being betrayed’: US aid cuts affect camps for people accused of Isis affiliation
Trump spending freeze threatens security arrangements and could make it harder to stop resurgence of Islamic State
‘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
‘Guantánamo on steroids’: Inside a prison for suspected Islamic State members in Syria
During my visit, an administrator says ‘that’s correct’ when I ask if many detainees had died from tuberculosis, and ‘no answer’ when I request the exact figure
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'
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’
Writer Omar El Akkad: ‘There have been so few bright spots in terms of ... national or institutional moral compass. Ireland has been a rare exception’
The US-based Egyptian-Canadian’s new book reads as a break-up letter with a West that has seen a derailment of normalcy
Palestinian booksellers’ arrests by Israeli police prompt outcry
‘Bookseller of Jerusalem’ and his nephew operate famous Educational Bookshop stores in East Jerusalem
‘I hope that one day I can visit my parents’ graves’: new reality for Gazans with ‘life-changing injuries’
A UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights report found children aged five-nine accounted for the largest number of dead in Israel’s military onslaught, followed by 10-14 year olds and then babies and children aged 0-four
The toll of war on Lebanon’s children: ‘They hid under beds, saying mattresses would protect them from rockets’
Between October 2023 and the November 2024 ceasefire, Israeli attacks in Lebanon claimed at least 2,961 lives, including 248 children
After the fall of Assad, a family reunites
The future is far from certain, but over juice and cakes one group of relatives celebrates finally being in the same room together
Inside Syria: Sally Hayden on the excitement and emotion of Syrians after Assad’s fall
One young man says, ‘I’m so mentally happy because any other regime that comes could never be as bad as the regime that has collapsed’
Desperate search for the 100,000 missing continues as life returns to the streets of Damascus
Rebel coalition calls for people to return to work and ‘contribute to building a new Syria’
Crowds throng Syria’s ‘human slaughterhouse’ drawn by hopes of a miracle reunion
They came from far and wide to search the notorious Sednaya prison, seeking answers but finding only disappointment and desperation
Checkpoints and guard posts burned or abandoned on the road into Syria
Despite jubilance, Syria is in grip of power vacuum and economic problems with path of evolution unclear
Syrians celebrate ‘new era’ as Bashar al-Assad reportedly flees to Moscow
In a stunning 12-day advance, opposition forces achieved what 13 years of war could not: ending the Assad family’s brutal rule