All news on the topic: Middle East

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Referendum on uniting Ireland will be held within decade, First Minister says
Michelle O’Neill, in her first UK interview as Stormont First Minister, said she believes there will be a vote on uniting the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland in the next decade.
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Army is losing troops faster than it can replace them - and is short of weapons
The Ready for War? study by the Commons Defence Committee calls for “rapidly accelerating reforms” to make sure that the UK can wage a prolonged and all-out war
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Brits 'rushing to stock up as nuclear war situation on knife edge' says expert
Leigh Price, who owns and runs Bug Out in Builth Wells, Powys, says his prepper store sells everything one might need in the event of a catastrophic event like armed conflict or nuclear war
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'Iran or US don't want war - America has enough on plate, Iran knows it'll lose'
So, what happens next? Is this another sign the conflict in Gaza and Houthi strikes on shipping in the Red Sea are expanding into a wider, possibly global, conflict?
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Iranian-backed official on deescalation after US drone strikes in Syria and Iraq
The US hit more than 85 targets using more than 125 guided missiles at sites in Iraq and Syria used by Iranian-backed militias and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard
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Middle East on 'brink of the abyss' warns Iraq as 16 killed in US strikes
The retaliatory US strikes against Iran-backed militia in Iraq near the Syrian border was "an act of aggression against Iraq's sovereignty", the Iraqi government said
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US vows 'this is the start of our response' after Iraq and Syria revenge strikes
President Joe Biden issued his first statement since launching an operation to strike Iranian targets within Syria and Iraq, warning other enemies that America 'will respond'
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US strikes targets in Iraq and Syria in retaliation for deaths of three soldiers
The US appears to have launched strikes on Iranian targets in eastern Syria after Joe Biden vowed to hold all those responsible for the deaths of three American soldiers in Jordan to account
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Ryanair reports busy January, but cancelled 950 flights due to Israel-Hamas war
The Dublin-based budget airline said it had 12.2 million customers last month, an increase of 3% on the 11.8 million people it flew during the same month last year
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Anthony Kim's LIV Golf debut date set after remarkable comeback
Anthony Kim has not featured competitively since withdrawing from the Wells Fargo Championship back in 2012, but it appears his comeback 12 years later will come with LIV Golf
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Joe Biden approves Iran revenge plan as US to strike targets in Iraq and Syria
Joe Biden previously vowed the US "will respond" after three American troops and dozens more were injured at a base near the Syrian border. He blamed the attack on the same Iran-backed militias which have been striking US bases for months
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China and Russia terrified of World War 3 with the US - due to nuclear weapons
As smaller conflicts rages worldwide, many question how possible it really is that it could descend into World War 3. But one expert has explained why he doesn’t believe that will happen
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Expert warns it's 'not hard to imagine' WW3 kicking off as risk 'increases'
World War 3 is "not hard to imagine" as a failure to "compartmentalise" the world's many conflicts could lead to tragic consequences, an expert in conflict prevention has revealed
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'US has a list of targets in the Middle East - war could erupt when it runs out'
It is stuck firmly in the DNA of the American military that when they lose comrades the deaths must be avenged and they will in a sense take the “Wild West” to the “Wild East
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UK forces brace for attack as US prepares for revenge strike on Iranian groups
Pentagon chiefs are planning a blitz on Iranian proxy group the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, which hit a US outpost called Tower 22 in north east Jordan with a drone, also injuring 40
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President Joe Biden says wider war in the Middle East 'not needed'
As tensions in the Middle East escalate to levels not seen in years, Joe Biden has said that further escalation is unnecessary. It comes after three US troops were killed over the weekend
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Lionel Messi fails with Inter Miami transfer request after Ronaldo comments
Lionel Messi and Inter Miami have lost out on signing another former Barcelona star to the Saudi Pro League, with Cristiano Ronaldo's comments about the league being proven correct
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Where Joe Biden could target with strikes after three US troops killed in Jordan
Joe Biden said the US 'shall respond' after a drone strike killed three American troops and injured dozens more - and an expert told The Mirror which areas might be targeted
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Free uni fees and gangs trained for war - how conscription may look 'in 6 years'
Professor Anthony Glees, security and intelligence expert at the University of Buckingham, believes the Government should incentivise volunteers to fight for our country
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Tyrrell Hatton made feelings on Jon Rahm clear before big-money LIV Golf reunion
Tyrrell Hatton is set to join Jon Rahm's LIV Golf team ahead of Friday's season opener, and the European pair are no stranger to teaming up thanks to the Ryder Cup
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'Tobacco apologists have ignored the lethal power of vape marketing'
The sorry tale of vapes is an innovation hailed as a way of weaning smokers off cigarettes becoming a potentially dangerous addiction of its own, ensnaring people who would never have smoked
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Convoy heading towards Israel border with Lebanon as Middle East braces for war
President Joe Biden vowed the US “shall respond” to the attack on ­logistics base Tower 22 in Jordan which was hit by increasingly aggressive pro-Iranian militia who are based in Syria
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Rory McIlroy's Tyrrell Hatton prediction as PGA Tour star signs £50m LIV deal
Rory McIlroy is set to lose yet another PGA Tour pal to LIV Golf, with Ryder Cup teammate Tyrrell Hatton following in the footsteps of Jon Rahm in making the Saudi switch
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'Severe implications for UK' after Iran drone strike kills US troops
With tensions skyrocketing in the Middle East as the US military suffered their first casualties over the weekend, the Mirror today offers an explainer into the conflict
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US is 'pushing Middle East conflict into new realm' for key reason, expert says
The US failure to hold back Israel in its brutal war in Gaza will be a 'stain' on its reputation going forward and is pushing the tensions in the wider region in a way it 'doesn't need to go,' an expert has warned