# conflict - Yesterday’s News
# Conflict
25 people, including nine children, were killed in an Israeli air strike this morning. The UN rights office is "deeply concerned" about the escalation of violence. International leaders have called for a de-escalation on both sides.
# conflict - Friday 7 May, 2021
# Conflict
# Conflict
The Palestinian Red Crescent emergency service said 53 people were wounded.
# conflict - Monday 15 March, 2021
# A Decade Later
# A Decade Later
A popular uprising turned into a civil war with world powers backing different sides.
# conflict - Sunday 14 March, 2021
# Human Rights
# Human Rights
Meath man Derek O’Rourke is GOAL’s Middle East Security Advisor. He outlines the challenges faced by NGOs as they navigate Syrian regions devastated by war.
# conflict - Saturday 26 December, 2020
# Conflict
# Conflict
A spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General said that attacks againt peacekeepers “may constitute a war crime”.
# conflict - Saturday 19 December, 2020
# Conflict
# Conflict
Soldiers were deployed in the eastern Al-Fashaqa border region, the site of sporadic clashes.
# conflict - Sunday 15 November, 2020
# Peace Deal
# Peace Deal
The leader of an opposition party in Armenia was arrested yesterday after being summoned to the headquarters of the country’s security forces.
# conflict - Monday 9 November, 2020
# Azerbaijan
# Azerbaijan
Fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia has been ongoing for six weeks in the context Nagorno-Karabkh region.
# conflict - Saturday 24 October, 2020
# Conflict
# Conflict
Rockets have struck residential areas in Nagorono-Karabakh as Armenia and Azerbaijan continue their conflict over the territory.
# conflict - Saturday 17 October, 2020
# Conflict
# Conflict
The incident marks an escalation of the countries’ conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh.
# conflict - Saturday 10 October, 2020
# Nagorno Karabakh
# Nagorno Karabakh
Mediation talks leading to the ceasefire were facilitated by Russia.
# conflict - Sunday 4 October, 2020
# Nagorno Karabakh
# Nagorno Karabakh
The Armenian prime minister said the country is “facing possibly the most decisive moment in our millennia-old history”.
# conflict - Monday 28 September, 2020
# Nagorny Karabakh
# Nagorny Karabakh
Fighting erupted again over the weekend in a long-running territorial dispute.
# conflict - Sunday 27 September, 2020
# Caucasus
# Caucasus
Azerbaijan claims to have captured seven Armenian-controlled villages.
# conflict - Saturday 7 March, 2020
# Conflict
From The42
# Conflict
A statement from the GAA endorses Gaelic Games Victoria as the official administrative board.
# conflict - Friday 3 January, 2020
# Reinforcements
# Reinforcements
The air strike ordered by President Donald Trump in Iraq’s capital Baghdad killed General Qassem Soleimani.
# conflict - Friday 27 December, 2019
# Avangard
# Avangard
The weapon can make sharp manoeuvres en route to its target, making it harder to intercept.
# conflict - Sunday 1 September, 2019
# Yemen
# Yemen
The International Committee of the Red Cross said at least 40 survivors were being treated for their injuries in hospitals.
# conflict - Saturday 10 August, 2019
# Conflict
# Conflict
Two Irish filmmakers travelled to Gaza to make a documentary about life there.
# conflict - Saturday 11 May, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
You can show solidarity with the Palestinian people in their struggle for freedom against Israeli apartheid, occupation and war crimes by supporting the boycott, writes Zoe Lawlor.
# Opinion
# Opinion
They pretend that the Jewish people have no right to live in the places where they were born and where their history, religion and culture are deeply rooted, writes the Israeli ambassador to Ireland, Ophir Kariv.
# conflict - Sunday 5 May, 2019
# Rockets
# Rockets
Tánaiste Simon Coveney called for an end to the ‘indiscriminate attacks’.
# conflict - Saturday 30 March, 2019
# Conflict
# Conflict
Israel deployed several thousand troops along the border, with the anniversary coming at a sensitive time ahead of its 9 April elections.
# conflict - Thursday 28 February, 2019
# Conflict
# Conflict
The move comes after clashes between the nuclear-armed powers ignited fears of a disastrous conflict.
# conflict - Wednesday 27 February, 2019
# Kashmir Dispute
# Kashmir Dispute
The countries have been in a dispute for over 70 years in relation to the Kashmir region.
# conflict - Monday 24 December, 2018
# Trouble
From The42
# Trouble
In this extract from his autobiography, Bruce Grobbelaar recalls a difficult period for Liverpool in the early ’90s.
# conflict - Monday 3 December, 2018
# Conflict
# Conflict
Eight others were sentenced to hard labour ranging from six to 15 years.
# conflict - Sunday 10 June, 2018
# Conflict
From The42
# Conflict
The Ivorian’s extraordinary criticism of the Man City boss has been met with a strong response.
# conflict - Saturday 2 June, 2018
# United Nations
# United Nations
The military and a number of rebel groups have drafted underage soldiers for years.
# conflict - Wednesday 30 May, 2018
# Conflict
# Conflict
Gaza’s Hamas rulers have said in recent hours that they have agreed to a ceasefire, but Israel denied this.
# conflict - Monday 14 May, 2018
# Jerusalem
# Jerusalem
The United States officially opened its new embassy in Jerusalem today.
# conflict - Friday 30 March, 2018
# Conflict
# Conflict
A State Department spokesperson said they were not aware of any decision to pull troops out of Syria.
# conflict - Tuesday 6 March, 2018
# Pyongyang
# Pyongyang
South Korea also claims that Pyongyang said it would consider abandoning nuclear weapons in exchange for security guarantees.
# conflict - Sunday 11 February, 2018
# Conflict
# Conflict
Russia has condemned, but the US has backed, Israel’s actions.
# conflict - Thursday 28 December, 2017
# Violence
# Violence
In conflicts around the world, children have become frontline, used as human shields, killed, maimed and recruited to fight.
# conflict - Monday 4 December, 2017
# Yemen
# Yemen
A video has emerged showing what appears to be the man’s corpse.
# conflict - Sunday 19 November, 2017
# Conflict
# Conflict
The corpses have been stored there for the past year awaiting a final decision on their fate.
# conflict - Thursday 5 October, 2017
# Niger
# Niger
The US Africa command confirmed in a statement that a joint US and Nigerien patrol came under fire in Niger.
# conflict - Friday 22 September, 2017
# Conflict
From The42
# Conflict
FC Sion president Christian Constantin was seen attacking a TV pundit after a league game.
# conflict - Sunday 17 September, 2017
# Divided Society
# Divided Society
A library in Belfast has collected tens of thousands of items related to the Troubles and subsequent peace process.
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