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# Syrian Conflict

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Opinion: Syria, ten years on, and Covid-19 has pushed refugees to the limits
UNICEF’s Ettie Higgins and Claire McKeever share the stories of many refugees displaced by the war in Syria, ten years on.
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Mar 15th 2021, 7:00 PM
Eastern Ghouta: 'Maybe this is the last time that I will be able to text you. Please pray for us'
I pray that those with the power to do so will finally put a stop this Syrian river of blood, writes Ayham Al Akkad.
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Mar 15th 2018, 7:00 AM
Life inside the world's biggest Syrian refugee camp
The conflict in Syria has raged on for seven years. But from the rubble, the women in Jordan’s Zaatari refugee camp are finding ways to build new lives.
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Oct 22nd 2017, 7:30 AM
Opinion: 'A political solution to the Syrian war is very unlikely now'
Damascus has settled on a clear strategy for a military solution, and has been brutally and successfully executing it, writes Derek O’Rouke
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Mar 24th 2017, 6:20 AM
"You must do something for the children of Syria" - 7-year-old Bana writes open letter to Trump
The Syrian child came to prominence by describing life in besieged Aleppo.
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Jan 25th 2017, 9:00 AM
Syria's proxy war: 'The Irish government must call in the US and Russian ambassadors'
The Syrian conflict can be solved but it will be by peacemaking, not more war, writes Jim Roche.
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Dec 28th 2016, 7:00 PM
Tom Clonan: 'A Syrian solution will involve a pact with devils such as Bashar al Assad and others'
Around 100,000 civilians and rebels are thought to be left in the slivers of east Aleppo still under opposition control as the Syrian army and allied militias close in, writes Tom Clonan.
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Dec 16th 2016, 6:45 AM
US-led coalition expresses regret after it may have killed dozens of Syrian soldiers in airstrikes
“If we determine that we did indeed strike Syrian military personnel, that was not our intention.”
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Sep 18th 2016, 11:57 AM
Syria might need to be dismembered, says America's spymaster
John Brennan’s comments are a rare public acknowledgement by a senior US official that Syria may need partition.
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Jul 30th 2016, 3:11 PM
Egyptian TV claims The Simpsons predicted the Syrian civil war
They say a 2001 episode of the long-running cartoon hints that the Syrian conflict was “premeditated”.
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May 7th 2014, 7:30 PM
'Enough, we said, enough': UN humanitarian agencies call for end to Syria conflict
The heads of four UN agencies are calling for an end to fighting in Syria.
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Apr 23rd 2014, 7:55 AM
French hostage freed from Syria says he is "very happy to be free"
Didier Francois was one of four Frenchmen kidnapped in Syria ten months ago.
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Apr 19th 2014, 12:10 PM
Mohamad Almasalmeh witnessed one of the first killings of Syrian conflict
He is one of the 2.5 million who have fled the country.
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Mar 15th 2014, 5:30 PM
Gardaí monitoring potential radicalisation of Irish residents in Syrian conflict
The Minister for Justice revealed this morning that as many as 30 Irish residents have travelled to take part in the armed conflict.
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Feb 5th 2014, 11:31 AM
UN cancels Iran invite to Syria talks, Iran says they weren't going to go anyway
A surprise UN invite to Iran had thrown the talks into doubt.
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Jan 20th 2014, 9:48 PM
Syrian 'barrel bombs' kill 76 people including 28 children
The “unprecedented” bombardment came as the UN estimated that the number of Syrian refugees would touch 4.1 million by the end of 2014.
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Dec 16th 2013, 11:34 AM
Twelve nuns abducted by Syrian opposition fighters
The Greek Orthodox nuns and three other women were seized at a convent in the village of Maaloula yesterday.
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Dec 3rd 2013, 9:49 PM
Squalid camps, bleak prospects greet Syrian refugees at EU's door
Around 11,000 refugees from Syria have crossed into Bulgaria this year. The existing camps are cramped and unheated, with many inhabitants complaining of a lack of access to medical treatment.
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Nov 30th 2013, 8:30 AM
Syrian opposition agrees to enter Geneva talks
The Syrian National Coalition have set out a number of conditions for their participation, however, and say Bashar al Assad can have “no role” in any transitional government.
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Nov 11th 2013, 8:29 AM
Process of destroying Syria's chemical weapons now under way
The team charged with the destruction of the weapons began the process this morning, a source in the international mission has said.
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Oct 6th 2013, 11:30 AM
Explainer: What are Irish troops doing in Syria?
115 Irish Defence Forces personnel have now arrived at their new base. Why were they sent there? How long is the mission? How will they spend their downtime? Your questions, answered.
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Sep 30th 2013, 8:30 PM
UN receives Syrian chemical treaty accession documents
Syria is planning on joining the UN’s chemical weapons convention ahead of a planned disarmament of its chemical weapons.
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Sep 12th 2013, 6:36 PM
Syria: Obama prepares to address Americans during crucial week
Barack Obama is due to address the nation today, while he awaits the outcome of a Congress vote on Syria strikes.
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Sep 10th 2013, 9:10 AM
President Assad puts it up to US to produce evidence of chemical attack
In an interview with US network CBS, President Bashar Al-Assad said a war is not in the US interest as Russia suggests a compromise plan where Syria would hand over its chemical weapons.
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Sep 9th 2013, 7:11 PM
Irish anti-war activists to hold meeting ahead of planned protest
The Peace and Neutrality Alliance will host Ian Chamberlain of the UK’s Stop the War Coalition and Irish Nobel Peace Prize winner Mairéad Maguire at the meeting in Dublin this afternoon.
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Sep 7th 2013, 8:45 AM
EU and China warn against Syria strikes as G20 assemble in St Petersburg
EU Council President Herman Van Rompuy urged caution as Russian President Vladir Putin said the Syrian conflict would be discussed over dinner.
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Sep 5th 2013, 5:47 PM
US Senate committee votes to approve Syria military action
The full Senate will vote on the issue next week. It’s the first time lawmakers have voted to back military action since the 2002 vote on the invasion of Iraq.
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Sep 4th 2013, 8:49 PM
Shatter: Ireland has taken in fifty refugees from Syria crisis
More than two million people have become refugees since the start of the conflict in March 2011.
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Sep 3rd 2013, 7:15 PM
Pictures: Irish troops on parade in Rathmines sunshine ahead of Syria mission
The 115 members of the 43rd Infantary Group were reviewed by Minister Alan Shatter before gathering with their families ahead of the first deployment tomorrow.
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Sep 3rd 2013, 6:24 PM