‘Everyone is digging for gold now’: Desperate Syrians resort to scouring ancient sites
Security vacuum after Assad downfall has led to plundering for Greek, Roman and Byzantine artefacts
‘Everybody can feel the pain’: Middle Eastern views on the present and future
A Syrian, a Palestinian, an Iranian and an Israeli give their views on how better times might be reached where they live
Iran fires missiles at key US base in Qatar
Doha appears to have had advance warning of attack which followed US bombing or Iranian nuclear sites
Growing concern about fate of Iranian political prisoners during conflict with Israel
Dublin-based Iranian woman says contact has been lost with her brother
Demining in Syria: ‘People are desperate to go back to their houses... In their mind the main threat is gone’
There have been more than 900 mine-related injuries or fatalities in Syria since the fall of the Assad regime
Iran enters near total internet blackout as Trump remains cryptic over potential US strikes
Israeli attacks on Tehran kill an estimated 585 people by Tuesday, while Iran’s supreme leader calls US president’s rhetoric ‘absurd’
Israel-Iran latest: Trump says US won’t assassinate Iran’s supreme leader ‘at least not for now’
Israel-Iran conflict: Trump says Macron ‘publicity seeking’ after French leader said US president had made ceasefire offer
Syrian refugees say they are homeless after resettlement flights to Ireland from Lebanon cancelled
‘All we want to know is a date so we can plan our life and ... be taken outside this country’
Israel and Iran continue to exchange attacks as death tolls and calls for de-escalation grow
Tánaiste warns against travel to either country as Irish embassy staff work with citizens actively seeking to leave them
Children play among bones as Syria faces ‘enormous challenge’ of what to do about mass graves
Six months after the fall of Syria’s Assad regime, mass burial sites of the war’s victims are still not cordoned off or protected
Iran retaliates with strikes against Israel as Netanyahu vows to continue for ‘as many days as it takes’
New Revolutionary Guards’ chief warns Tehran would open ‘gates of hell … upon this child-killing regime’
Dozens of Irish people to join ‘March to Gaza’ from Cairo to Rafah in protest at Israel
About 2,500 people from more than 50 countries are expected to take part in pro-Palestinian walk to Egypt-Gaza border
Sally Hayden on We Came By Sea: Stories of a Greater Britain - ‘It feels comforting and right to have a writer of Clare’s skill turn attention to this topic’
While Britons have been shown to be open to resettling refugees, years of demonisation has led to a mostly negative view of those crossing the Channel
Lebanon complains of ‘one-sided ceasefire’ after Israeli air strikes on Beirut
IDF says Thursday’s wave of bombings, more than six months after truce agreement, was targeting Hizbullah drone-making facilities
Climate change adds to Syria’s problems as Damask rose harvests fade
Syria’s harvest has shrunk as a result of climate change-related drought, further complicating the country’s economic recovery