# middle-east - Wednesday 9 July, 2014
# Escalating Violence
# Escalating Violence
The death toll in Gaza after two days of Israeli air strikes has climbed to more than 40.
# middle-east - Thursday 3 July, 2014
# Vote
# Vote
Forces on the ground are struggling to break the stalemate with militants.
# Tensions
# Tensions
“The current spiral of violence, loss and suffering must stop now,” said the head of the Red Cross.
# middle-east - Wednesday 2 July, 2014
# Escalation
# Escalation
The youth was seen being kidnapped from the Arab half of Jerusalem.
# middle-east - Tuesday 1 July, 2014
# Retaliation
# Retaliation
The Middle-East is on high alert after the three missing Israeli teenagers were found dead in the West Bank.
# middle-east - Sunday 29 June, 2014
# Iraq Crisis
# Iraq Crisis
Conventional military action by America, along the lines of their previous tactics in Iraq, will be ineffective in defeating ISIS.
# middle-east - Wednesday 25 June, 2014
# Iraq
# Iraq
Another four teams will arrive in the coming days.
# middle-east - Sunday 22 June, 2014
# ISIL
# ISIL
The US President has said the unrest in Iraq could spill over in other countries such as Jordan.
# middle-east - Thursday 19 June, 2014
# Middle East
# Middle East
After serving as an IDF combat soldier and commander, Yehuda Sahul questioned the morality of the military action in the West Bank.
# Hard Choices
# Hard Choices
The President would not need Congressional approval regardless of his decision.
# middle-east - Wednesday 18 June, 2014
# Isis
# Isis
Militants attacked parts of the refinery complex, leading to heavy clashes.
# middle-east - Tuesday 17 June, 2014
# Going Back
# Going Back
275 US military personnel are being deployed to Baghdad to protect American personnel and the embassy.
# middle-east - Monday 16 June, 2014
# Tensions
# Tensions
More than 150 Palestinians have been arrested in the search for the three teenagers who were snatched from a settlement on Thursday night.
# middle-east - Sunday 15 June, 2014
# It Wasn't Me
# It Wasn't Me
Arguments that there would be no crisis if Saddam Hussein remained are “bizarre” he said.
# middle-east - Sunday 25 May, 2014
# Middle East
# Middle East
Pope Francis has invited Mahmoud Abbas Shimon Peres to the Vatican.
# middle-east - Saturday 24 May, 2014
# 9 At 9
# 9 At 9
Morning, folks. Here’s everything you need to know on this election count day.
# Bon Voyage
# Bon Voyage
The visit is aimed at boosting ties with Muslims and Jews.
# middle-east - Thursday 22 May, 2014
# Diplomacy
# Diplomacy
The resolution will seek to refer Syria to the International Criminal Court.
# middle-east - Monday 19 May, 2014
# Judaism
# Judaism
That’s one of the findings from a worldwide survey on anti-Semitism.
# middle-east - Saturday 17 May, 2014
# All About The Benjamins
# All About The Benjamins
(Even though he’s only going to be there for a few hours).
# middle-east - Tuesday 13 May, 2014
# Public Obscenity
# Public Obscenity
Conor Hayes will deported after he spends one-month in prison for public obscenity.
# middle-east - Wednesday 7 May, 2014
# Syrian Civil War
# Syrian Civil War
Homs was once the “capital of the revolution”. Now it is back in the hands of Bashar Assad.
# middle-east - Monday 28 April, 2014
# Blood Money
# Blood Money
The payment is made under the Islamic sharia law of diya and allows a victim’s family pardon a criminal.
# Syria
# Syria
High-tech western military force does not end conflicts – it changes them.
# middle-east - Thursday 24 April, 2014
# Middle East
# Middle East
The country is considering its retaliation.
# middle-east - Sunday 6 April, 2014
# Weatherwatch
# Weatherwatch
But no – it wasn’t in Ireland.
# middle-east - Saturday 15 March, 2014
# Three Years On
# Three Years On
The Syrian conflict is the world’s largest humanitarian disaster. After three years of conflict, basic services like healthcare are completely collapsing, writes Peter Power of UNICEF.
# Syria
# Syria
The bloody civil war that has raged for the past three years began on Saturday 15 March 2011, when pro-democracy protests were staged in the capital Damascus.
# middle-east - Saturday 1 February, 2014
# Middle East
# Middle East
The terrorist group is gaining influence as the country sees increasing sectarian violence and spillover turmoil from the Syrian war.
# middle-east - Friday 31 January, 2014
# No Peace
# No Peace
The alarming estimate comes as a government and opposition negotiators wrap up talks in Switzerland today.
# middle-east - Sunday 26 January, 2014
# Opinion
# Opinion
Psychopath or a good soldier? The ‘no show’ of global leaders at his final goodbye nods to a life of contradictions.
# middle-east - Friday 24 January, 2014
# Oiled Up
# Oiled Up
The CEO of oil company Total has spoken to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani who told him to ‘be ready’ for the lifting of embargoes.
# middle-east - Monday 20 January, 2014
# Geneva II
# Geneva II
The main Syrian opposition has warned it will not attend this week’s talks if Iranian government representatives show up.
# middle-east - Monday 13 January, 2014
# Air Traffic
# Air Traffic
As a result of the passenger rise, DAA will pay a €5.6 million rebate to airlines who saw passenger growth in 2013.
# middle-east - Sunday 12 January, 2014
# Opinion
# Opinion
Were they not correct to put the business interests of Ireland first? And what about those other human rights abusers Ireland conveniently chooses to ignore?
# middle-east - Tuesday 7 January, 2014
# Chemical Weapons
# Chemical Weapons
Syria agreed last year to a US-Russian deal to hand over its chemical weapons.
# middle-east - Monday 6 January, 2014
# Iraq
# Iraq
Security forces in Iraq plan to retake the city, which fell to rebel forces a week ago.
# middle-east - Sunday 5 January, 2014
# Iraq
# Iraq
Iraq lost control of Fallujah to Al-Qaeda-linked fighters, a city where US forces repeatedly battled insurgents.
# middle-east - Thursday 2 January, 2014
# Ariel Sharon
# Ariel Sharon
Sharon has been in a coma for nearly eight years but his condition worsened yesterday.
# Prague
# Prague
It is believed Jamal al-Jamal was attempting to open an old safe which had been brought from the previous embassy building.
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