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# Syria

UN chemical weapons inspectors leave Syria

The team will head to The Hague to assess the evidence gathered during their probe.

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Aug 31st 2013, 8:01 AM

# Careful Now

Govt warns Irish citizens: You may want to get out of the Middle East

Irish citizens in Lebanon “may wish to reconsider their need to remain in the country at this time”.

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Aug 30th 2013, 10:07 PM

# Golan Heights

Irish troops to deploy to Syria in early September

A total of 115 members of the Irish Defence Forces will join the United Nation’s mission in the Golan Heights next month.

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Aug 23rd 2013, 4:46 PM

# Tripoli

27 killed and over 350 wounded in Lebanon car bomb blasts

The attacks happened in the city of Tripoli. It’s reported a number of children are among the dead.

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Aug 23rd 2013, 3:01 PM

# Kidnap

Turkey tells citizens to leave Lebanon after two Turkish pilots kidnapped

Lebanese policemen stand guard outside a hotel where the rest of the Turkish Airlines crew are staying.

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Aug 9th 2013, 4:06 PM

# EU Talks

Gilmore takes cautious approach to Hezbollah and Syria questions

Some EU Member States want to blacklist Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation.

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Jul 22nd 2013, 8:14 AM

# Syria

Ireland wants to send troops to Syria

The Dáil has to approve a decision by the Cabinet and Minister Alan Shatter to send members of the Defence Forces to a UN mission in the Golan Heights.

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Jul 16th 2013, 4:48 PM

# Car Bomb

53 injured in car bomb in Shiite Beirut suburb

The blast comes amid spiralling tension in Lebanon over the civil war raging in neighbouring Syria.

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Jul 9th 2013, 2:14 PM

# Lebanon

16 soldiers dead as Lebanon clashes continue

Fierce clashes continued for a second day between the army and gunmen loyal to a radical Sunni cleric in the Lebanon.

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Jun 24th 2013, 8:28 PM

# Offside Trap

Sex for match-fixing scandal hits seedy lows in Lebanon

Three match officials have been jailed after pleading guilty to accepting free sex from a gambling-linked syndicate.

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Jun 11th 2013, 9:37 AM

# Geneva 2

US, French and Russian ministers to meet for Syria talks

There will also be a meeting of the EU’s 27 foreign ministers in Brussels.

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May 27th 2013, 7:55 AM

# Irish Defence Forces

Shatter says Syrian war is making Lebanon ‘increasingly unstable’

The Minister for Defence also revealed that the UN has requested that Irish observers be sent to Syria.

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May 12th 2013, 7:45 AM

# Israel

Israel targets shipment of surface-to-air missiles in Syria

At least 70,000 people have been killed in Syria so far, including 122 people killed in violence yesterday.

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May 4th 2013, 4:07 PM

# Civil War

There are now one million Syrian refugees

“This tragedy has to be stopped,” says UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres. The refugees arrive “traumatised, without possessions and having lost members of their families”.

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Mar 6th 2013, 7:51 AM

# Syria

Wave of Syrian refugees 'overwhelming' aid efforts: Oxfam

The humanitarian body says relief agencies are struggling to cope with the volume of refugees, who number 5,000 a day.

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Feb 28th 2013, 7:30 AM

# Syria

Cold weather makes life more difficult for Syrian refugees

Oxfam Ireland is warning that living conditions in refugee camps are worsening as a result of the cold weather.

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Jan 29th 2013, 3:06 PM

# Austria

Voters in Austria likely to maintain compulsory military service

Austria looks set to remain one of the few European countries with compulsory military service as voters go to the polls in a referendum being held today.

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Jan 20th 2013, 10:09 AM

# Peacekeeping

1982: A year of tragedy for Irish soldiers in the Lebanon

Documents from 1982 capture the immediate aftermath of the moment when Michael McAleavey shot dead three of his colleagues at Tibnin Bridge in South Lebanon.

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Dec 28th 2012, 9:15 AM

# Reporters

2012 deadliest year for journalists as 88 killed worldwide

Reporters Without Borders has named the deadliest countries for journalists across the world this year.

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Dec 23rd 2012, 1:00 PM

Voices

Extract: Black humour, Scud-Burgers, bitter coffee - life in the Lebanon

In his new book, Tom Clonan details the ups and downs of his tour of peacekeeping duty in Lebanon in the 1990s and how ‘Mary Robinson wears no knickers’ becomes a common greeting…

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Nov 30th 2012, 8:30 PM

# Unavailable

Quirke to be marked absent for start of Cork's 2013 campaign

Cork boss Conor Counihan will have to plan without his long-serving goalkeeper for the opening months of next year.

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Oct 30th 2012, 3:48 PM

# Lebanon

Protestors try to storm Lebanese government headquarters

Police used tear gas to repel protestors who stormed the headquarters of the Lebanese Prime Minister following the funeral of the security chief killed in a car bomb on Friday.

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Oct 21st 2012, 3:12 PM

# Lebanon

Two killed as large explosion rattles Beirut

Local media are reporting that at least two people have been killed and 15 injured in the explosion.

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Oct 19th 2012, 2:07 PM

# Lebanon

Irish troops prepare for Lebanon mission

Irish soldiers are undergoing the final phases of an intensive training exercise in preparation for their deployment to Lebanon.

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Oct 12th 2012, 12:07 PM

# Syria

Syria: 'We didn't sack our ambassador - someone hacked our email'

The State news agency SANA also says someone had hacked its Facebook account.

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Sep 24th 2012, 3:34 PM

# borders

Syrian rebels move command from Turkey to Syria

Fighting continues to spill over borders, however, with violence reported near Jordan today.

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Sep 22nd 2012, 7:32 PM

# Air France

Air France passengers asked to chip in for fuel

Passengers rounded up around €17,000 but the airline found another way to pay for the fuel on the emergency stopover in Damascus.

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Aug 17th 2012, 9:45 PM

# Syria

Thousands flee Syria as war rages on

Despite the UN’s extension of its observation mission, violence continues to escalate across the country.

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Jul 21st 2012, 7:52 AM

# Syria

Executions reported as rebels seize border crossings in Syria

Iraq says that all of its borders with Syria have been seized.

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Jul 20th 2012, 8:20 AM

Voices

Interview: ‘I just survived’ – ex-Beirut hostage John McCarthy on his ordeal

John McCarthy, released from a Beirut cell 21 years ago, has written a new book. He spoke to TheJournal.ie about captivity, celebrity… and Martin McGuinness.

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Jul 8th 2012, 8:30 AM

# Middle East

Syrian clashes spill into Lebanon as seven die in gun battle

A number of clashes between pro- and anti-Syrian groups in the north of the country have broken out in recent weeks with fears the conflict could escalate sectarian tensions in volatile Lebanon.

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Jun 2nd 2012, 7:31 PM

# Welcome home

In pictures: Irish troops arrive home to smiles and smooches

There were happy scenes as the soldiers were welcomed at Dublin Airport today.

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May 17th 2012, 9:01 PM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 The nine stories you need to know this morning, including: students expelled from Dublin school over Facebook messages, one third of voters don’t know how they’re voting – and Copper Face Jacks…

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May 17th 2012, 8:33 AM

# Lebanon

Irish troops return from UN mission in Lebanon

A replacement battalion has already been deployed to continue Ireland’s involvement in the UNIFIL operation.

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May 17th 2012, 6:45 AM

# Syria

Syrian conflict spreads to Lebanon

Five people were reportedly killed in Syria today. Meanwhile, pro- and anti-Assad groups clashed in northern Lebanon.

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May 13th 2012, 8:34 PM

# on fire

WATCH: This Lebanese basketball player scored 113 points in one game

Mohammad El-Akkarim won’t have many better games, and nor will anyone else for that matter.

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Apr 10th 2012, 10:35 PM

# Syria

Syria declares 'victory' over year-long anti-Assad uprising

The state-run SANA news agency carries comments from a minister who says the anti-government uprising is defeated.

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Mar 31st 2012, 5:37 PM

# Syria

Syrian regime accepts UN ceasefire plan

However, a senior UN official has accused Bashar al-Assad’s forces of deliberately torturing and jailing hundreds of children.

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Mar 28th 2012, 8:04 AM

# Syria

Ireland to pledge €500,000 in response to Syria crisis

Half a million euro will be made available to humanitarian agencies working in Syria.

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Mar 5th 2012, 6:45 AM

# beirut

Lebanon to host its first Irish film festival

Event in Beirut is to focus on conflict resolution as well as representations of sectarianism and violence. “The two countries have very much in common,” says organiser.

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Feb 28th 2012, 1:45 PM