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Record 9.3 million Syrian children in need of aid, says UN
The United Nations has warned that funding to aid victims of the civil war in Syria is dwindling.
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The United Nations has warned that funding to aid victims of the civil war in Syria is dwindling.
The bloc has come under fire for allegedly welcoming refugees from Ukraine more openly.
The Irish MEP says Putin had a hand in atrocities in Syria too but the EU’s response there was muted at best.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said fighting in and around Ghwayran prison since it was taken last week has killed 181 people.
The accused sought refuge in Germany after deserting the Syrian regime in 2012.
Lisa Smith’s trial before the non-jury court was due to start this week.
It is the second time this month the container yard at the port has come under Israeli attack.
The EU believes it is “seeing progress” on the migrant crisis along the border between Belarus and Poland.
There were no known casualties from the strike.
The approved text is an amalgam of two drafts – one proposed by Ireland and Norway, and another by Russia.
Ireland is in favour of keeping open a border-crossing that allows aid into Syria’s north west.
A border crossing that aid passes through is due to close this week.
Lebanon is facing “enormous challenges”, Minister Simon Coveney said.
A monitor said the strikes killed at least five militia fighters.
The EU will hand over the funds to help the Turks look after the influx of people fleeing the Syrian conflict.
GOAL’s Yusuf Nural tells the stories of Syrian Refugees in Turkey ahead of the release of a moving new documentary and photo exhibition.
In the last multi-candidate poll in 2014, Bashar al-Assad took 88% of the vote.
UNICEF’s Ettie Higgins and Claire McKeever share the stories of many refugees displaced by the war in Syria, ten years on.
A popular uprising turned into a civil war with world powers backing different sides.
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.
They arrived in from Damascus at 11.35pm last night.
There is a sad irony in how wealthy western states have farmed out a security and immigration problem to the Kurds, writes Norma Costello.
Prior to the devastating blasts, Lebanon was already dealing with its worst economic recession in decades.
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A UK-based war monitor said that 11 other combatants were wounded.
Former home secretary Sajid Javid had revoked her British citizenship on national security grounds.
After a proposal submitted by Germany and Belgium, the cross-border aid plan was approved.
Around 84 million Captagon tablets were seized at the port of Salerno.
Today is World Refugee Day and Cameron Weymes and Nishtiman Haji Murad share the stories of the people living in this once besieged city.
The Covid-19 pandemic could nearly double the number of people around the world facing acute hunger to 265 million.
Syrian refugees in Lebanon have shared their experiences with TheJournal.ie.
NGOs in Lebanon are trying to build bridges between Syrian refugees and local people, using techniques from Northern Ireland.
The troops will be self-isolating for 14 days in line with HSE guidelines.
Greek authorities said they thwarted an attempt by about 1,000 people overnight to cross the border.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan opened his country’s borders with Europe.
The soldiers were killed in the province of Idlib by a Syrian air strike last night.
Many female asylum seekers and refugees in Ireland are living with depression, anxiety and PTSD, a new report has found.
Missiles fired by Syrian regime forces killed eight civilians today, a war monitor has said.
The attack saw US planes hit several bases belonging to the Hezbollah Brigades.
The families have been resettled in Ireland under the Irish Refugee Protection Programme.