# assad - Monday 9 April, 2018
# Attack
# Attack
Washington has denied responsibility for the strike on Syria’s central Tayfur air base.
# assad - Tuesday 20 February, 2018
# Syrian Civil War
# Syrian Civil War
Bombardment on today killed 106 civilians, including 19 children, according to a war monitor.
# assad - Friday 27 October, 2017
# Chemical Warfare
# Chemical Warfare
Over 80 people were killed in the chemical attack in April.
# assad - Sunday 22 October, 2017
# Zaatari Refugee Camp
# Zaatari 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.
# assad - Sunday 13 August, 2017
# Syria
# Syria
“The preparatory work has been done, but nevertheless, there is no prosecutor and no court.”
# assad - Tuesday 27 June, 2017
# Warning
# Warning
The US warned against any attack which could result in the “mass murder” of civilians.
# assad - Tuesday 11 April, 2017
# You Got This
# You Got This
The Trump administration has done little to clarify on how it will approach the situation in Syria.
# assad - Saturday 8 April, 2017
# Airstrikes
# Airstrikes
“The United States will no longer wait for Assad to use chemical weapons without any consequences.”
# assad - Wednesday 15 March, 2017
# Opinion
# Opinion
Assad ’s popularity is a narrative that has been marginalised in the West, but that doesn’t make it any less vital to bringing an end to the terrible war in my country, writes Antoine Bakhash with the help of Eimhin O’Reilly.
# assad - Tuesday 7 February, 2017
# Inhuman Conditions
# Inhuman Conditions
Amnesty says their new report reveals a “hidden, monstrous campaign” at Saydnaya prison.
# assad - Friday 6 January, 2017
# Withdrawal
# Withdrawal
It comes as the Assad regime intensifies its bombardment of a rebel district home to the capital’s main water source.
# assad - Friday 23 December, 2016
# Syrian Civil War
# Syrian Civil War
The battle lasted nearly four and a half years, turning the city into a worldwide symbol of bloodshed and devastation.
# assad - Thursday 22 December, 2016
# Assad
# Assad
The General Assembly resolution was co-sponsored by Ireland and 57 other countries.
# assad - Monday 19 December, 2016
# Major Delays
# Major Delays
In total, it is estimated 3,000 people have been evacuated so far.
# assad - Tuesday 13 December, 2016
# Evacuation
# Evacuation
A rebel official said an evacuation deal, sponsored by Russia and Turkey, was set to take effect within hours.
# assad - Wednesday 7 December, 2016
# Syrian Civil War
# Syrian Civil War
Government and allied forces now hold over 75% of east Aleppo, a rebel bastion since 2012.
# assad - Tuesday 6 December, 2016
# Syria
# Syria
Aleppo in Syria is the centre of fierce fighting.
# assad - Friday 26 August, 2016
# Syria
# Syria
The evacuation of Daraya came after a deal struck by President Bashar al-Assad ’s government and opposition forces in the town, one of the first to rise up against the Assad regime.
# assad - Wednesday 24 August, 2016
# Conjoined Twins
# Conjoined Twins
Nawras and Moaz were joined at the chest, with hearts sharing the same sac.
# assad - Wednesday 2 December, 2015
# Butt Out Of It
# Butt Out Of It
It’s not happy with other countries getting invovled.
# assad - Thursday 22 October, 2015
# Jobar
# Jobar
The footage is a rare aerial view of the extent of the destruction in Syria.
# assad - Wednesday 21 October, 2015
# Flying Visit
# Flying Visit
A Kremlin spokesman described it as a “working visit”.
# assad - Thursday 8 October, 2015
# War Of Words
# War Of Words
US officials say Russian missiles missed Syria. The Russians are having none of it.
# assad - Wednesday 20 May, 2015
# Syria
# Syria
Irish aid worker David Adams visited a clinic that helps to rehabilitate some of the casualties of the Syrian conflict.
# assad - Thursday 28 August, 2014
# assad - Tuesday 19 August, 2014
# Iraq
# Iraq
Meanwhile, Washington insists it is not ‘on the same page’ as Syria in their fight against Islamic State militants.
# assad - Saturday 21 June, 2014
# Civil War
# Civil War
In his monthly report to the UN Security Council, Ban Ki-moon said that nearly half of the country is in need of immediate help.
# assad - Wednesday 7 May, 2014
# Syrian Civil War
# Syrian Civil War
Homs was once the “capital of the revolution”. Now it is back in the hands of Bashar Assad .
# assad - Monday 28 April, 2014
# Syria
# Syria
High-tech western military force does not end conflicts – it changes them.
# assad - Saturday 15 March, 2014
# Three Years On
# Three Years On
The Syrian conflict is the world’s largest humanitarian disaster. After three years of conflict, basic services like healthcare are completely collapsing, writes Peter Power of UNICEF.
# assad - Monday 27 January, 2014
# Press Pit
# Press Pit
UN security guards have had to step in on occasion as reporters fling slurs and abuse across press room.
# assad - Wednesday 22 January, 2014
# No Peace
# No Peace
Syrian officials branded the opposition as traitors and insisted Assad will not give up power.
# assad - Tuesday 21 January, 2014
# Syria
# Syria
The report by three former war crimes prosecutors, based on thousands of photos smuggled out of the country, accuses Syria of large-scale killing and torture. (Note: graphic content).
# assad - Monday 20 January, 2014
# Peace Talks
# Peace Talks
A surprise UN invite to Iran had thrown the talks into doubt.
# assad - Monday 16 December, 2013
# Syrian War
# Syrian War
The “unprecedented” bombardment came as the UN estimated that the number of Syrian refugees would touch 4.1 million by the end of 2014.
# assad - Tuesday 3 December, 2013
# Syrian Conflict
# Syrian Conflict
The Greek Orthodox nuns and three other women were seized at a convent in the village of Maaloula yesterday.
# assad - Wednesday 13 November, 2013
# Opinion
# Opinion
“I did not say a proper goodbye to my father and did not even bury him. I don’t know who did and where,” said Ahmed, whose family has been forced to move around – inside and outside Syria – for more than a year after a shell destroyed their home.
# assad - Monday 14 October, 2013
# Syria
# Syria
The Syrian leader made the remark “jokingly” according to a Lebanese newspaper.
# assad - Wednesday 9 October, 2013
# Opinion
# Opinion
The civil war in Syria has killed and injured innumerable people, many of them innocent civilians. We are trying to help survivors repair the damage to their bodies – and to their minds, writes Jane-Ann McKenna.
# assad - Sunday 6 October, 2013
# Syrian Conflict
# Syrian Conflict
The team charged with the destruction of the weapons began the process this morning, a source in the international mission has said.
An a.m. shower; otherwise, partly sunny
Max: 8 °C
Min: 1 °C
Fog, then some sun
Max: 7 °C
Min: 5 °C
