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# Middle East

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'Blood money' has saved 358 Iranians from the death penalty
Column: Western powers should not intervene in Syria
Niall McGlynn
Israel says Palestinians have 'turned their back on peace' with new unity deal
The world's first weather report described rain and loud, unstoppable storms
Column: Three years into civil war, families deprived of food are forced to eat stray cats
Peter Power
Three years on and tens of thousands dead: Syria's bloody civil war continues
Al Qaeda has 'put down roots' in Lebanon - a gateway to strike at Israel
Almost 2,000 people have died since the start of the Syria talks — NGO
Damien Kiberd: Why was Ariel Sharon's funeral such a lonely affair?
Damien Kiberd
'Big oil' welcomes new 'sexy' relationship with Iran in Swiss Alps
Iran "must support transition" in order to attend Syria talks
Up, up, up: Passenger traffic at Dublin Airport
Damien Kiberd: So what if Kenny and Bruton didn't lecture Middle East on human rights?
Damien Kiberd
First shipment of chemical weapons leaves Syria
Iraqi PM urges residents of Fallujah to expel militants to avoid "major attack"
US pledges help to Iraqi forces in Al-Qaeda battle but insists "it is their fight"
Vital organs of former Israeli PM Ariel Sharon are failing says Tel Aviv hospital
Palestinian ambassador in Prague killed by exploding safe
Israel frees 26 Palestinian prisoners under peace talks
Car bomb targeting Christmas mass in Baghdad leaves 17 dead
Column: What was the Christmas Star?
Conor Farrell
At least 14 dead in Egypt police station blast
Column: In much of Europe, ‘asylum-seeker’ and ‘refugee’ have become dirty words
Sherif Elsayed-Ali
Deal signed to save shrinking Dead Sea by connecting it with Red Sea
Up to 12,000 troops to stay in Afghanistan after NATO mission ends
At least 31 killed, more than 200 injured in Libya gun attack
Column: Leaving it all behind – a Syrian family’s journey to safety
Cilina Nasser
Syrian opposition agrees to enter Geneva talks
Israel "utterly rejects" Iran deal aimed at ending nuclear tensions
Former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was poisoned by radioactive polonium
Column: “Being caught with patients is like being caught with a weapon”
Jane-Ann McKenna
Israeli warplanes carry out Syrian airstrike
Column: What you didn’t know about the real Afghanistan
Maya Pastakia
Dublin MEP forbidden from travelling to Gaza
Costello: Ireland supports search for peace in Palestinian territories
Three kidnapped Red Cross staffers are 'free and safe'
Car bomb explodes outside Swedish and Finnish consulates in Libya
Column: People hit by indiscriminate violence need psycho-social help
Jane-Ann McKenna
Column: The generosity of the Irish people makes me incredibly proud
Ettie Higgins