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Newly elected Lebanese president Joseph Aoun stands next to the parliament speaker Nabih Berri as he delivers a speech at the parliament building in Beirut

Lebanon army chief Aoun named as new president

Lebanon's MPs have elected army chief Joseph Aoun as president after a two-year vacancy in the position, in a step towards lifting the war-battered country out of financial crisis.

Middle East • 09 Jan

Brian Keenan speaking at a news conference after arriving at Dublin Airport, with his sisters Elain Spence (L) and Brenda Gillham in 1990

Iran offered 'secret meeting' to help free Brian Keenan

Ireland was offered a "secret meeting" with the Iranian president to help in the release of Belfast man Brian Keenan who was taken hostage and held for four years by militia in Lebanon.

State Papers • 29 Dec 24

Private Seán Rooney was killed while driving an armoured jeep on peacekeeping duties in Lebanon in December 2022

Private Rooney's family to see UN report into his death

Information not yet given to the family of Private Seán Rooney regarding his death will soon be made available to them, a spokesman for the UN Secretary General has said.

Ireland • 13 Dec 24

Israel stepped up its military campaign in south Lebanon in late September

US announces first Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon

Israeli forces have conducted a first withdrawal from a town in south Lebanon and were replaced by the Lebanese military under a ceasefire deal, the US Central Command said.

Middle East • 12 Dec 24

A fragile ceasefire came into effect last week, though both sides have accused the other of repeated violations

Ceasefire 'holding' in Lebanon as death toll passes 4,000

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the ceasefire in Lebanon was "holding" despite a series of incidents between Israel and Iran-backed militants Hezbollah.

Middle East • 04 Dec 24

A paramedic and relatives of a person who died in the attack carried out by the Israeli army on the town of Shebaa

Lebanon says Israel strike kills one amid ceasefire

Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz has warned that if a ceasefire reached last week collapses, Israel will "penetrate deeper" into Lebanon and will no longer differentiate between the Lebanese army and Hezbollah.

Middle East • 03 Dec 24

Smoke rises during Israeli shelling in southern Lebanon's plain of Marjayoun, days after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect

Israel military strikes Hezbollah in southern Lebanon

The Israeli military said it has carried out strikes against Hezbollah, after detecting activity in southern Lebanon "that posed a threat" days into a ceasefire.

Middle East • 30 Nov 24

The Israeli military also said it struck a facility used by Hezbollah to store weapons in southern Lebanon

Israeli army says hit Hezbollah in southern Lebanon

The Israeli army has said it struck a Hezbollah rocket launcher in southern Lebanon after detecting militant activity in the area two days after the start of a ceasefire.

Middle East • 29 Nov 24

The aftermath of Israeli bombing in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre

Lebanon says Israel violated ceasefire several times

The Lebanese army has said that Israel violated the ceasefire with Hezbollah several times yesterday and today while Israel said it conducted an air strike on a Hezbollah weapons facility today.

Middle East • 28 Nov 24

Men ride a scooter with a Hezbollah flag past destroyed buildings as people make their way back to their homes in south Lebanon

Israel-Hezbollah truce holds, Israel sets Lebanon curfew

A ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has held, after the two sides struck a deal brokered by the US and France, but Israel has warned local residents not to return to the border area yet.

Middle East • 28 Nov 24

The US told Lebanese officials that a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel will take effect at 4am local time

Israel and Lebanon have accepted a ceasefire deal - Biden

A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah will take effect at 4am local time (2am Irish time) after both sides accepted an agreement brokered by the United States and France, US President Joe Biden said.

Middle East • 26 Nov 24

The Irish troops had spent six months on deployment in Lebanon

Joy for families as Irish peacekeepers arrive home

Irish troops serving in Lebanon have arrived back in Ireland following a six month deployment with UNIFIL.

Ireland • 25 Nov 24

UNIFIL said its peacekeepers and facilities were 'targeted in three separate incidents in south Lebanon' (File image)

Four UNIFIL peacekeepers injured after attack in Lebanon

UNIFIL says four Ghanaian peacekeepers were injured after a rocket struck their base in the village of Ramyah in Lebanon.

World • 19 Nov 24

The Israeli strike on Beirut is the third such attack in the last 24 hours

Lebanon says Israeli strike on central Beirut kills five

An Israeli airstrike has killed five people in central Beirut, Lebanon's health ministry said.

Middle East • 19 Nov 24

Lebanese firefighters douse the flames at the site of an Israeli strike that targeted a building in Beirut's Mar Elias street

Hezbollah confirms media chief killed in Israeli strike

Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has confirmed its media relations chief Mohammad Afif was killed by an Israeli strike on a building in central Beirut.

Middle East • 17 Nov 24

A woman mourns she looks on at rubble of where an Israeli airstrike hit in Ain Yaaqoub, Lebanon

Israel bombs south Beirut as minister rules out ceasefire

Israel's military bombarded Beirut's southern suburbs with airstrikes, mounting one of its heaviest daytime attacks yet on the area after the defence minister ruled out a ceasefire until Israeli goals were met.

Middle East • 12 Nov 24

Israeli airstrikes on the eastern town of Aalamat in Lebanon yesterday

Israeli airstrike on northern Lebanon kills at least 14

At least 14 people were killed and 15 others injured in an Israeli airstrike on the northern Lebanese town of Ain Yaaqoub, according to the town's mayor.

Middle East • 11 Nov 24

UNIFIL said that Israel used excavators and a bulldozer to destroy part of a fence and concrete structure at a peacekeeping position in southern Lebanon (Pic: UNIFIL)

UNIFIL: Israel's destruction of its property breaches law

The United Nations' peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon has said that the Israeli military's "deliberate and direct destruction" of its property is a "flagrant violation" of international law.

Middle East • 08 Nov 24

Five members of the Malaysian contingent of UNIFIL were injured

Malaysian peacekeepers hurt in Israeli strike in Lebanon

Five UN peacekeepers have been wounded in an Israeli air strike in south Lebanon, the United Nations said, in a raid that also killed three civilians.

World • 07 Nov 24

Private Seán Rooney suffered fatal gunshot wounds after his UN convoy was attacked by armed militia linked to Hezbollah

Inquiry into Seán Rooney killing may take up to 9 months

An inquiry into the killing of an Irish soldier in Lebanon could take up to nine months, the Department of Defence has said.

Ireland • 05 Nov 24

Palestinians scramble to receive sacks of flour at a United Nations Relief and Works Agency aid distribution centre amid the Israel-Hamas conflict in Deir Al-Balah, Gaza

Israel strikes Lebanon, Gaza as Netanyahu visits border

Israel has pressed on with its campaigns in Lebanon and Gaza, launching several deadly strikes as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited his country's northern border.

Middle East • 04 Nov 24

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivered a speech during a programme at Imam Khomeini Hosseiniyeh in Tehran

Iran vows 'crushing response' to attacks from Israel

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has vowed to retaliate against attacks by Israel and its ally the United States targeting Iran and groups it supports in the region.

Middle East • 02 Nov 24

Members of the 125th Infantry Battalion at Custume Barracks, Athlone, ahead of deployment to Lebanon (Pic:Rolling News)

'We have a job to do' - troops set for Lebanon deployment

A lieutenant colonel has said Irish soldiers have ramped up their training as they prepare to be deployed on a peacekeeping mission in Lebanon.

Ireland • 01 Nov 24

Naim Qassem became leader of Hezbollah yesterday

New Hezbollah chief open to truce with Israel

Hezbollah's new leader Naim Qassem is open to a truce with Israel but warned that it would not "beg for a ceasefire".

Middle East • 30 Oct 24

As it happened: UNRWA ban could lead to aid collapse

Follow developments live amid the fallout from Israeli parliament voting to ban UNRWA from operating in Israel, as dozens are killed in strikes in Gaza and Lebanon.

Middle East • 30 Oct 24