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17th November 2024 - 21st November 2024
Ukraine War
Tom Clonan: This conflict is at a dangerous point now Ukraine is firing US long-range missiles
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unifil mission
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Hezbollah
Tom Clonan: Israel now looks prepared to do to Lebanon what it has done to Gaza
Tom Clonan
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14.0k
voices
Tom Clonan: Israel's pager attack was a mass casualty event and in effect, a terrorist attack
Tom Clonan
Updated 18 Sep
21.8k
Conflict
Tom Clonan: Putin's attack on a children's hospital this week was a bestial crime
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6.5k
Ukraine
Tom Clonan: US money is a shot in the arm for Ukraine defence
Tom Clonan
Updated 23 Apr
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iran and israel
Tom Clonan: We have reached a dangerous moment in the Middle East conflict
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Updated 15 Apr
10.8k
Ukraine
Tom Clonan: An emboldened Putin and a possible Trump return pose real dangers for Europe
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Updated 20 Feb
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ceasefire now
Tom Clonan: Israel has pursued the relentless massacre of innocent Palestinians in Gaza
Tom Clonan
Updated 12 Feb
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allies support
Tom Clonan: A defeated Ukraine would be a military and political disaster for the EU and NATO
Tom Clonan
30 Dec 2023
14.2k
Analysis
Tom Clonan: Israel is fast losing international credibility and support over its crimes in Gaza
Tom Clonan
26 Dec 2023
13.4k
Middle East
Tom Clonan: Gaza has become hell on earth, while the world just watches
Tom Clonan
Updated 12 Dec 2023
10.9k
Analysis
Tom Clonan: Gaza City could be utterly destroyed as a result of Israel's attacks
Tom Clonan
Updated 10 Nov 2023
10.3k
Opinion
Tom Clonan: International community needs to intervene to stop a catastrophe in the Middle East
Tom Clonan
Updated 9 Oct 2023
12.5k
dail violence
Tom Clonan: There is a real danger now of serious injuries or fatalities at a far-right protest
Tom Clonan
21 Sep 2023
41.7k
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three months on
Tom Clonan: Ukraine's counteroffensive comes at a high price, but Russia is in disarray
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4 Sep 2023
18.3k
44
Consultative Forums on Neutrality
Tom Clonan: Joining NATO doesn't benefit Ireland, but that doesn't excuse poor defence spending
Tom Clonan
Updated 19 Jun 2023
18.0k
45
Ukraine
Tom Clonan: Ukraine must now use the summer to mount its counter-offensive and push Putin back
Tom Clonan
9 Jun 2023
18.1k
85
Opinion
Tom Clonan: Ukraine's counter-offensive is imminent - but success will come at a terrible cost
Tom Clonan
Updated 1 Jun 2023
26.0k
31
Opinion
Tom Clonan: Zelenskyy's forces need to begin a push back against Russia in the coming days
Tom Clonan
3 May 2023
19.4k
51
Analysis
Tom Clonan: Defence Forces are deeply misogynistic and an unsafe workplace for women and men
Tom Clonan
28 Mar 2023
15.4k
30
Analysis
Tom Clonan: At a horrendous human cost, Putin is throwing the 'kitchen sink' at Bakhmut
Tom Clonan
7 Mar 2023
25.9k
41
Ukraine
Tom Clonan: 'Putin's aggression is going nowhere as this war reaches its first anniversary'
Tom Clonan
20 Feb 2023
24.7k
35
Ukraine
Tom Clonan: How Leopard 2 tanks could give Ukrainian forces a 'dramatic advantage'
Tom Clonan
25 Jan 2023
27.5k
44
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Analysis
Tom Clonan: Russia cannot ‘win’ this war on Ukraine - so what can we expect in 2023?
Tom Clonan
22 Dec 2022
24.5k
26
Conflict
Tom Clonan: Losing Kherson is a huge blow for Russia that will embolden the Ukrainian army
Tom Clonan
Updated 15 Nov 2022
26.3k
54
Analysis
Tom Clonan: Putin has made another strategic blunder but this is a dangerous moment
Tom Clonan
21 Sep 2022
62.1k
32
Conflict
Tom Clonan: Putin’s military miscalculations in Ukraine may prove to be his undoing
Tom Clonan
13 Sep 2022
35.9k
34
war in europe
Tom Clonan: There is now little chance of a Russian breakthrough in Ukraine
Tom Clonan
10 Sep 2022
58.3k
64
Nuclear Threat
Tom Clonan: Only Putin knows how far he is willing to go to win his futile war in Ukraine
Tom Clonan
16 Aug 2022
30.1k
71
five months on
Tom Clonan: Time is running out for Putin in Ukraine and this makes him dangerous
Tom Clonan
24 Jul 2022
48.6k
65
battle for donbas
Tom Clonan: Putin's Ukraine advance is a dogged, savage and illegal war of attrition
Tom Clonan
30 May 2022
17.4k
11
russia's war
Tom Clonan: On day 75 of the war, the Russian war machine remains sluggish and without 'victory'
Tom Clonan
Updated 9 May 2022
30.1k
16
Opinion
Tom Clonan: Russia's renewed assault on the Donbas region is an attempt to re-frame the narrative
Tom Clonan
21 Apr 2022
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22
Opinion
Tom Clonan: Russia has pivoted to regenerate a major offensive on the Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts
Tom Clonan
12 Apr 2022
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Analysis
Tom Clonan: A turning point has been reached in the invasion of Ukraine
Tom Clonan
29 Mar 2022
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30
Opinion
Tom Clonan: Russia has converted Mariupol into a pressure cooker of human suffering
Tom Clonan
Updated 22 Mar 2022
35.4k
27
cities under siege
Tom Clonan: Russia will now target more innocent civilians to achieve 'victory' in this war
Tom Clonan
11 Mar 2022
23.3k
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War in Ukraine
Tom Clonan: The Kremlin’s war aims are slowly revealing themselves - here's what we know
Tom Clonan
3 Mar 2022
50.6k
44
Ukraine
Tom Clonan: Putin is waging a 1942 war in 2022, causing untold suffering and destruction
Tom Clonan
1 Mar 2022
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