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Syria

This week
9th March 2025 - 14th March 2025
Syria
Calls for unity in Syria after reports that over 1,000 people died in fighting in recent days
Updated 9 Mar
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Last month
February 2025
Villach
Stabbing that killed teenager and wounded five others in Austria was 'Islamist attack', says minister
Updated 16 Feb
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GOAL VOICES
Syria after Assad: Why humanitarian aid can’t stop now
Munaf Muadel
Updated 12 Feb
4.5k
This year
2025
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Syrians celebrate new year without Assad, as leading rebel group shifts to governing fractured country
1 Jan
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2024
Syria
17 dead in clashes during attempted arrest of Assad official
26 Dec 2024
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GOAL VOICES
Life under conflict: The struggle for water in Northwest Syria
Louay Tajiddin
Updated 19 Dec 2024
3.6k
Syria
Human rights watchdog calls on McEntee to clarify reason for pausing asylum decisions for Syrians
19 Dec 2024
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Talks
EU sending envoy to speak to new Syrian government in Damascus
16 Dec 2024
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Middle East
Israel approves plan to 'double the population' in annexed Golan Heights
16 Dec 2024
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Syria
US in 'direct contact' with new Syrian government as Turkey reopens embassy in Damascus
15 Dec 2024
5.6k
Syria
Jordan hosts international talks on Syria as celebrations continue in Damascus
Updated 14 Dec 2024
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Torture
Former Syrian official who oversaw prison charged with torture in US
13 Dec 2024
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Cautious Optimism
Syrians in Ireland 'overwhelmed with joy' at fall of Assad regime but some 'worry deeply' about future
“My uncle and his two sons were murdered because anti-government slogans were written on their house walls,” one man told us.
Órla Ryan
12 Dec 2024
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New Syrian PM pledges religious rights for minority groups as US urges 'inclusive' transition
12 Dec 2024
Syria at a crossroads: Why we can’t let Syria become another forgotten crisis
11 Dec 2024
'I'm trying not to lose hope': Irish man's parents stuck in Aleppo amid uprising
10 Dec 2024
Middle East
New Syrian PM pledges religious rights for minority groups as US urges 'inclusive' transition
The Biden administration said it will recognise and support a new Syrian government that renounces terrorism, destroys chemical weapons stocks and protects the rights of minorities and women.
12 Dec 2024
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assad driven out
Syria at a crossroads: Why we can’t let Syria become another forgotten crisis
Barry Andrews
Updated 11 Dec 2024
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Middle East
New Syria PM says he will 'not pardon' former officials involved in torturing detainees
The new interim prime minister for Syria has urged calm following a lightning offensive that toppled the government.
The new ruling party have pledged justice for the victims of Assad's iron-fisted rule
The Baath party of the deposed president announced is suspending its work and handing over assets to the new authorities.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor says the rebels set fire to the mausoleum, located in the Latakia heartland of Assad's Alawite community.
Updated 11 Dec 2024
19.9k
Syria
'I'm trying not to lose hope': Irish man's parents stuck in Aleppo amid uprising
A Longford GP and his wife went back to Aleppo to check on their house only to find themselves in the throes of an unexpected uprising.
10 Dec 2024
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Head of transitional Syrian government calls for 'calm' as UN urges Israel to halt attacks
10 Dec 2024
Are you a Syrian living in Ireland? We want to hear your thoughts on the fall of the Assad regime
10 Dec 2024
Syrians rejoice in aftermath of Assad flight, while searches take place for 'underground cells'
9 Dec 2024
Middle East
Head of transitional Syrian government calls for 'calm' as UN urges Israel to halt attacks
The group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, is proscribed by many Western governments as a terrorist organisation, though it has sought to moderate its rhetoric.
Updated 10 Dec 2024
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'Pragmatic radical': Who is Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, the leader of the rebels that overthrew Assad?
9 Dec 2024
Syrians rejoice in aftermath of Assad flight, while searches take place for 'underground cells'
9 Dec 2024
Asylum Seekers
'Completely inappropriate' to pause decisions on Syrian asylum applications, says refugee council
Updated 10 Dec 2024
26.5k
your stories
Are you a Syrian living in Ireland? We want to hear your thoughts on the fall of the Assad regime
Updated 10 Dec 2024
11.0k
Asylum Seekers
Some European countries suspend Syrian asylum decisions after Assad's fall
Updated 9 Dec 2024
15.4k
Syria
Thousands break free from brutal military prisons in Syria after flight of Assad
9 Dec 2024
21.1k
Syria
'Pragmatic radical': Who is Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, the leader of the rebels that overthrew Assad?
9 Dec 2024
14.1k
Gideon Saar
Israel launches over 100 strikes against targets in Syria and occupies buffer zone along border
9 Dec 2024
10.3k
Syria
Syrians rejoice in aftermath of Assad flight, while searches take place for 'underground cells'
9 Dec 2024
11.5k
Bashar al-Assad
Assad in Moscow after Syrian rebels declared him overthrown with capture of Damascus
It has been reported by Russian media that Assad and his family are now in Moscow, and have been granted asylum on humanitarian grounds.
Updated 8 Dec 2024
47.1k
Syria
Taoiseach and Tánaiste among world leaders welcoming end of Assad regime in Syria
Updated 8 Dec 2024
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Damascus
Syria rebels have reached suburbs of Damascus, says opposition as government denies withdrawing
Updated 7 Dec 2024
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Syria
Thousands flee central Syrian city of Homs as insurgents enter two nearby towns
6 Dec 2024
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PodcastThe Explainer
What is the reality of health crises in Palestine and Sudan?
We’re joined on this week’s episode of The Explainer by Jean Paul Jemmy, a health expert specialising in nutrition. He has been a humanitarian worker for the last three decades with direct experience in healthcare in conflict-affected areas across the world.
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Syria
Syrian army retreats from city of Hama after insurgents break through defences
5 Dec 2024
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Syria
Rebels take control of Aleppo as UN warns of 'grave threat' to regional and international security
Updated 1 Dec 2024
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Syria
Syrian rebels deal major blow to Assad as they fan out inside Aleppo
Updated 30 Nov 2024
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Civil War
Syrian insurgents reach Aleppo as government forces vow to repel advance
29 Nov 2024
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Lebanon
UNESCO calls for protection of world heritage sites threatened by conflict in the Middle East
31 Oct 2024
4.8k
Beit Lahia
At least 93 killed in Israeli strike on residential building in northern Gaza
Updated 29 Oct 2024
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'Starvation as a weapon of war': President Higgins condemns Israeli ban on UN aid agency
29 Oct 2024
Israel parliament approves bill banning UN Palestinian refugee agency
28 Oct 2024
Middle East
Israel strikes Beirut while ordering more Lebanese people to flee
A renewed wave of violence has taken over the Middle East as Israel stages a war with Hezbollah.
Updated 2 Oct 2024
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2 Oct 2024
Hezbollah
Hannah McCarthy in Lebanon: 'Hezbollah and supporters are in shock after death of Nasrallah'
The journalist in Beirut says the population has been left reeling by Israel’s latest attacks.
Hannah McCarthy
30 Sep 2024
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Israel targets Hezbollah headquarters in Lebanon with Netanyahu pledging to continue strikes
27 Sep 2024
Netanyahu tells UN that Israel will continue operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon
27 Sep 2024
Lebanon says 1,540 people have been killed in Israel-Hezbollah conflict since October
26 Sep 2024
overnight attacks
Israeli strikes on Syria kill at least 14
9 Sep 2024
5.8k
Syria
Rocket attack kills at least ten people and injures 19 in Israeli-annexed Golan Heights
27 Jul 2024
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