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Last week
15th December 2024 - 21st December 2024
Ukraine, Gaza, Syria: What will Trump do with the conflicts linking Russia, Iran and Israel?
Tom Clonan
This month
December 2024
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Tom Clonan
Last month
November 2024
Tom Clonan: This conflict is at a dangerous point now Ukraine is firing US long-range missiles
Tom Clonan
This year
2024
Tom Clonan: Irish troops in Lebanon are now acting as observers in a de-facto warzone
Tom Clonan
Tom Clonan: Israel now looks prepared to do to Lebanon what it has done to Gaza
Tom Clonan
Tom Clonan: Israel's pager attack was a mass casualty event and in effect, a terrorist attack
Tom Clonan
Tom Clonan: Putin's attack on a children's hospital this week was a bestial crime
Tom Clonan
Tom Clonan: US money is a shot in the arm for Ukraine defence
Tom Clonan
Tom Clonan: We have reached a dangerous moment in the Middle East conflict
Tom Clonan
Tom Clonan: An emboldened Putin and a possible Trump return pose real dangers for Europe
Tom Clonan
Tom Clonan: Israel has pursued the relentless massacre of innocent Palestinians in Gaza
Tom Clonan
Last year
2023
Tom Clonan: A defeated Ukraine would be a military and political disaster for the EU and NATO
Tom Clonan
Tom Clonan: Israel is fast losing international credibility and support over its crimes in Gaza
Tom Clonan
Tom Clonan: Gaza has become hell on earth, while the world just watches
Tom Clonan
Tom Clonan: Gaza City could be utterly destroyed as a result of Israel's attacks
Tom Clonan
Tom Clonan: International community needs to intervene to stop a catastrophe in the Middle East
Tom Clonan
Tom Clonan: There is a real danger now of serious injuries or fatalities at a far-right protest
Tom Clonan
Tom Clonan: Ukraine's counteroffensive comes at a high price, but Russia is in disarray
Tom Clonan
Tom Clonan: Joining NATO doesn't benefit Ireland, but that doesn't excuse poor defence spending
Tom Clonan
Tom Clonan: Ukraine must now use the summer to mount its counter-offensive and push Putin back
Tom Clonan
Tom Clonan: Ukraine's counter-offensive is imminent - but success will come at a terrible cost
Tom Clonan
Tom Clonan: Zelenskyy's forces need to begin a push back against Russia in the coming days
Tom Clonan
Tom Clonan: Defence Forces are deeply misogynistic and an unsafe workplace for women and men
Tom Clonan
Tom Clonan: At a horrendous human cost, Putin is throwing the 'kitchen sink' at Bakhmut
Tom Clonan
Tom Clonan: 'Putin's aggression is going nowhere as this war reaches its first anniversary'
Tom Clonan
Tom Clonan: How Leopard 2 tanks could give Ukrainian forces a 'dramatic advantage'
Tom Clonan
All time
Tom Clonan: Russia cannot ‘win’ this war on Ukraine - so what can we expect in 2023?
Tom Clonan
Tom Clonan: Losing Kherson is a huge blow for Russia that will embolden the Ukrainian army
Tom Clonan
Tom Clonan: Putin has made another strategic blunder but this is a dangerous moment
Tom Clonan
Tom Clonan: Putin’s military miscalculations in Ukraine may prove to be his undoing
Tom Clonan
Tom Clonan: There is now little chance of a Russian breakthrough in Ukraine
Tom Clonan
Tom Clonan: Only Putin knows how far he is willing to go to win his futile war in Ukraine
Tom Clonan
Tom Clonan: Time is running out for Putin in Ukraine and this makes him dangerous
Tom Clonan
Tom Clonan: Putin's Ukraine advance is a dogged, savage and illegal war of attrition
Tom Clonan
Tom Clonan: On day 75 of the war, the Russian war machine remains sluggish and without 'victory'
Tom Clonan
Tom Clonan: Russia's renewed assault on the Donbas region is an attempt to re-frame the narrative
Tom Clonan
Tom Clonan: Russia has pivoted to regenerate a major offensive on the Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts
Tom Clonan
Tom Clonan: A turning point has been reached in the invasion of Ukraine
Tom Clonan
Tom Clonan: Russia has converted Mariupol into a pressure cooker of human suffering
Tom Clonan
Tom Clonan: Russia will now target more innocent civilians to achieve 'victory' in this war
Tom Clonan