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Benjamin Netanyahu has faced increasing criticism over his handling of the coronavirus crisis

Israel announces second nationwide virus lockdown

World • 13 Sep

Some 45 countries contribute peacekeepers to UNIFIL, which was set up in 1978 to patrol the border between Lebanon and Israel

Irish peacekeepers not among 90 Lebanon Covid-19 cases

World • 13 Sep

Donald Trump, flanked by Mike Pence and Jared Kushner, announced the deal

Bahrain follows UAE in normalising ties with Israel

World • 12 Sep

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Bahrain to join UAE in striking deal with Israel

World • 11 Sep

Jamal Khashoggi was killed and dismembered at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October 2018

Death sentences scrapped, 8 jailed in Khashoggi case

World • 07 Sep

Lebanon observed a minute's silence for the dead yesterday

Hopes of miracle fade in search for Beirut survivor

World • 05 Sep

Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to push on with controversial plans to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank

Israel swears in unity govt, ending political stalemate

News • 17 May

A view of a field hospital in Iran

WHO: Window for containing virus in Middle East closing

Coronavirus • 03 Apr

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey accuses Russia of Syrian 'massacres'

World • 12 Feb

Syrian people gather near the Syrian-Turkish border

Syrian offensive in Idlib displaces more than 500,000

World • 04 Feb

Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House

Trump unveils Middle East peace plan, hails 'big step'

World • 28 Jan

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin

US to impose additional sanctions on Iran

World • 10 Jan

Mark Esper said there had been no plans issued for troops to prepare to leave Iraq

US military has no plans to leave Iraq, says Esper

World • 06 Jan

Both Brent and WTI are set for their biggest annual gains in three years

Oil prices on track for biggest yearly rise since 2016

Business • 31 Dec 19

A defeat for Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving premier, would be a shock

Netanyahu declares victory in leadership challenge

World • 26 Dec 19

The decision puts the North African country's conflict at the centre of wider regional frictions (File image)

Libya formally requests Turkish military support

World • 26 Dec 19

Simon Coveney was in Gaza today to make the announcement

Tánaiste announces €8.8m water plant investment in Gaza

World • 03 Dec 19

Rockets fired from Gaza towards Israel

Death toll rises on second day of Israel-Gaza violence

World • 13 Nov 19

A protester attempts to climb the wall outside the Iranian consulate in Kerbala

Three killed at protest outside Iran consulate in Iraq

World • 04 Nov 19

US President Donald Trump approved the operation to kill
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

IS chief Baghdadi dead after US military raid - Trump

World • 27 Oct 19

Demonstrations in Baghdad began over unemployment and poor services

Iraqi protests: Death toll rises to 28 people

World • 03 Oct 19

The Israeli military said it hit '15 terrorist targets' in Gaza

Israel hits Gaza after rockets disrupt Netanyahu rally

World • 11 Sep 19

HMS Duncan was sent to escort tankers in the Persian Gulf

UK warship arrives in Gulf to escort tankers

World • 29 Jul 19

Israel said the ten apartment buildings had been built illegally and posed a security risk to Israeli armed forces

Israel demolishes Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem

World • 22 Jul 19

Donald Trump suggested he could live without a new deal with Iran

Trump has 'unlimited time' to forge deal with Iran

US • 26 Jun 19

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