Press Releases

Government of Ireland

Minister of State for European Affairs and Defence, Thomas Byrne TD, will today (16 June) represent Ireland at the EU General Affairs Council in Luxembourg.

Government of Ireland

I welcome the announcement that an agreement has been reached between the US and Iran to solidify the ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

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(MENAFN) Two Israeli cabinet ministers called on Sunday for renewed airstrikes against the southern suburbs of Beirut, despite an ongoing ceasefire agreement, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) Lebanese Army Commander Gen. Rodolphe Haykal and Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir held talks on regional developments, defense coordination, and broader security issues during Haykal’s three-day visit to Pakistan,...

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(MENAFN) Two hardline members of Israel's Cabinet publicly called Sunday for a resumption of airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburbs, openly defying the terms of a ceasefire that remains nominally in force.

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(MENAFN) Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut on Sunday, striking the Lebanese capital in open defiance of a ceasefire agreement that remains nominally in force.

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(MENAFN) Israeli forces carried out airstrikes on the southern outskirts of Beirut on Sunday, despite the existence of a ceasefire agreement, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) Crowds numbering in the hundreds converged on central Stockholm on Saturday to voice fierce opposition to Israeli military operations in the Palestinian territories and Lebanon, in one of the Swedish capital's most visible recent displays...

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(MENAFN) Three people lost their lives in Israeli strikes across southern Lebanon on Saturday, the Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) reported, as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) disclosed it had targeted more than 70 Hezbollah military...

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(MENAFN) The Israeli military reported Saturday that it had eliminated several Hezbollah operatives and destroyed more than 70 infrastructure targets across southern Lebanon within a single 24-hour window, even as a declared ceasefire continues to...

EIN Presswire

WASHINGTON , DC, UNITED STATES, June 14, 2026 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The America Lebanon Peace Advancement Council (ALPAC) presented senior officials at the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Near East Affairs with a focused set of...

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(MENAFN) Israel will not withdraw from its so-called “security zone” in southern Lebanon as part of emerging understandings between the United States and Iran, according to Israeli security sources cited by media reports on Saturday.

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(MENAFN) Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa moved to quash speculation Saturday, flatly rejecting reports that Damascus intends to deploy military forces into neighboring Lebanon. "What is being circulated about Syria entering Lebanon is completely...

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(MENAFN) The United Nations Security Council has condemned the killing of a Serbian peacekeeper serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), according to reports citing a Friday press statement.

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(MENAFN) Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich escalated his rhetoric Saturday, renewing calls for the demolition of ten buildings in Beirut's Dahiyeh district in retaliation for every rocket launched at Israel from Lebanese territory.

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(MENAFN) Hezbollah announced Saturday it had beaten back two separate Israeli ground incursions while conducting 19 offensive operations against Israeli troops, armored vehicles and military positions across southern Lebanon, deploying a...

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(MENAFN) Israel will not relinquish its self-declared "security zone" in southern Lebanon regardless of any anticipated understandings stemming from US-Iran negotiations, Israeli security sources said Saturday. "The security establishment is...

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(MENAFN) Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has renewed his call for the destruction of buildings in Beirut’s Dahiyeh district in response to rocket fire from Lebanon, according to a post he made on the US social media platform X on...

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(MENAFN) Hezbollah said on Saturday that it had repelled two Israeli ground incursions in southern Lebanon and carried out a series of 19 attacks targeting Israeli forces, vehicles, and positions using drones, rockets, and artillery.

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(MENAFN) Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in central Stockholm on Saturday to protest Israel’s military operations in the Palestinian territories and Lebanon.