The Latest Breaking News from Lebanon

Sean Rooney: Body of Irish soldier killed in Lebanon ambush to be repatriated to Ireland

Private Rooney of the Irish Defence Forces was killed during a peacekeeping mission in Lebanon this week

Dublin Live · Dec 18, 2022

Body of Irish UN peacekeeping soldier Sean Rooney to arrive home on Monday

Defence Forces member Private Sean Rooney was killed on active service in Lebanon earlier this week.

The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2022

UN and Lebanon hold memorial for killed Irish peacekeeper

The Lebanese army and U.N. peacekeepers have held a memorial at Beirut airport for an Irish soldier killed in southern Lebanon last week

The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2022

Childhood friend of Irish soldier killed in Lebanon ambush 'felt heart break' at news

Sean Rooney was murdered on Wednesday after his vehicle was ambushed by a violent mob in Lebanon.

Irish Mirror · Dec 18, 2022

Economic pain, Turkish strikes drive Syrian Kurds to Europe

A growing number of Syrian Kurds are making the journey to Europe on a circuitous course that includes travel by car and plane across Lebanon, Egypt, Libya, Algeria, then finally by boat to Spain

The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2022

Uber driver who raped and murdered British woman in Lebanon loses death sentence appeal

Rebecca Dykes, a 30-year-old British embassy worker in Lebanon, got an Uber home from a bar in Beirut and was sexually assaulted and killed by the driver, Tariq Houshieh

Daily Mirror · Dec 17, 2022

People in Lebanon are robbing banks and staging sit-ins to access their own savings

Lebanon's banks froze accounts three years ago amid an economic collapse. Now, under increasingly desperate circumstances, people are resorting to extreme measures to access their savings accounts.

WEKU · Dec 17, 2022

Fiance of slain Irish soldier tells of heartbreaking last interaction as mission to track down killer begins

Grieving Holly McConnellogue says brave Sean, who was gunned down in the Lebanon while on a UN peacekeeping mission, was doing a second stint in the war-torn Middle Eastern country so that he could save for their wedding day.

Irish Mirror · Dec 17, 2022

Saudi Arabia Condemns Attack on UNIFIL in Southern Lebanon

Saudi Arabia condemned on Friday the attack against a convoy of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). The Foreign Ministry called for an immediate and transparent probe into the attack that left an Irish soldier dead. It stressed the Kingdom’s rejection of all forms of violence, underling its…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 17, 2022

Irish soldier Private Sean Rooney is 48th Defence Forces member to die serving with UN in Lebanon

As well as soldiers being killed in action, several of the 47 died in accidents or from sudden illness while serving with UNIFIL

Irish Mirror · Dec 16, 2022