Red Cross appeals to Irish communities to help bring Syrian families stranded in Lebanon to Ireland
67 Syrians among the hundreds selected for resettlement in Ireland in 2022 under the Irish Refugee Protection Programme
Syria
Israel strikes Beirut for third day as terms for ceasefire with Hizbullah put forward
Attack by Israel on suburban areas of Damascus in Syria kills 15 with military saying it was targeting Islamic Jihad sites
Israel embarks on campaign to reshape regional order in the Middle East
Buoyed by military gains, Israel is taking the fight to its enemies, with devastating consequences for millions of Palestinian and Lebanese people
Suad Aldarra awarded Rooney Prize for Irish Literature
Syrian-Irish writer’s memoir I Don’t Want to Talk About Home was published in 2022
A Syrian refugee (3) died in Lebanon before she could come to Ireland. Her father says Irish authorities are partly to blame
Three-year-old Hoda died before she could come to Ireland. Her father believes negligence and indifference of the authorities responsible for resettlement are at least partly to blame
Abandoned in Lebanon: How Ireland offered Syrian refugees a route to safety, then left them in a war zone
Two years ago about 375 Syrians were interviewed in Lebanon by Irish officials and told they would be resettled in Ireland before 2024. They’re still waiting - amid bombs, deprivation and discrimination. Sally Hayden spoke to some of those people, who feel trapped, scared and forgotten
Turkish raids kill dozens in Syria and Iraq following Ankara attack
Kurdish group says civilians among dead in wave of retaliation for Wednesday’s assault on state aerospace company
At least 17 Palestinians killed in Israeli strike on school in central Gaza, says hospital
US secretary of state Antony Blinken tours the Middle East in final push to halt fighting before US presidential election
Humanitarian agencies fear Gaza-type scenario in Lebanon
Unicef and World Food Programme call for urgent funds as Lebanon suffers ‘same trauma, same fear’ as in Gaza
Gaza: Israeli air strike on school kills at least 28 as three hospitals told to evacuate
Israel must urgently address ‘catastrophic conditions’ among Palestinian civilians, US tells UN Security Council
Dozens killed as Israel launches strikes on Lebanon, Gaza and the West Bank
One Israeli strike cuts off road used by people fleeing the bombardments
Nasrallah assassination marked by declarations of days of mourning and widespread condemnation
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urges Muslims to stand with Hizbullah in ‘confronting’ Israel
Hizbullah’s position and influence in Lebanon: A guide to the ‘Party of God’
A guide to the ‘Party of God’ and its position in – and testy relationship with – the fragile Lebanese state
At least nine killed, 2,750 injured after Hizbullah members’ pagers explode in Lebanon and Syria
Health ministry says some 400 in critical condition as Iranian-backed militant group blames Israel, vowing retribution
Rescue ship tries to save minds as well as bodies on the Mediterranean
MSF tackles challenge of providing mental healthcare to traumatised asylum seekers and refugees
‘Unrealistic’ that UN could play role in Gaza’s future but could monitor potential ceasefire, says Guterres
Gazan health ministry says almost 41,000 had been killed in Israel’s military action since beginning of war last October
‘If the system worked for refugees no one would risk their life like this’: A Syrian writer’s journey to Europe
Yusuf was among 73 people taken on board the Médecins Sans Frontières Geo Barents ship off Libya
German politicians seek stricter asylum controls in wake of Solingen stabbings
Chancellor Olaf Scholz vows to tackle exploitation of system while AfD co-leader demands five-year asylum moratorium
Israel keeps up strikes in Gaza as fears of wider war grow
Pentagon says US committed to taking ‘every possible step to defend Israel’ after killing of senior Hamas and Hizbullah figures
Irish director of WHO polio programme dies while on holidays with family
Aidan O’Leary was described as a ‘true leader’ by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative
Wider Druze community reeling in shock over 12 deaths in missile strike
Missile attack on Majdal Shams exposes the sensitive situation of the Levant’s Druze community across the entire region as Israel vows retaliation for deadly strike
Israel weighing response to rocket attack that left 12 children dead and many more wounded
Jewish state exhausted after almost 10 months of Gaza fighting but Israeli officials expect ‘limited but significant’ military operation
Hamas’ Khan Younis brigade commander killed in Gaza air strike, Israel claims
One Syrian soldier killed and three injured in Israeli attacks against military sites and residential building in Damascus early on Sunday
Green Border review: muscular, urgent dramatisation of the refugee crisis
Agnieszka Holland’s powerful depiction of border-crossing has angered Polish authorities and refugee agencies in equal measure
‘They have very few opportunities to be happy’: Syrian child refugees face bleak future in Lebanon
After the Syrian war began in 2011, 1½ million Syrian refugees entered Lebanon. Initially the nation was welcoming, but since the economy collapsed in 2019, anti-refugee sentiment has grown
Palestinian mothers holding their dead babies’ bodies can’t look away. Neither should we
The intensity and persistence of images I am currently seeing from Gaza surpasses anything I have ever witnessed
Burj al Barajneh refugee camp: ‘It is a continuous tragedy’
Site in Beirut originally established for 500 families but is now home to 18,000 Palestinians and 40,000 Syrians
The five different ‘crisis tribes’ dividing European politics
Germans worry about immigration, Poles about Ukraine, Danish and French about climate change, and the British about Covid
Global violence forces record 68m people to flee homes - monitoring centre
Natural disasters leave further 7.7 million homeless, pushing total number of displaced people to 75.9 million
‘I can’t return to Syria but there’s no future for me in Lebanon’
Syrians fleeing the Assad regime face an increasing risk of violence and deportation when they reach Lebanon
EU unveils €1 billion aid package for Lebanon amid effort to curb migration from Syria
Cyprus has led EU effort to halt people trafficking from Lebanon
Are the lessons of the Rwandan genocide being ignored 30 years on?
In the News podcast: New Yorker staff writer Philip Gourevitch reflects on the lessons not learned from the 1994 Rwandan genocide
Iranian commander renews pledge to avenge Syria strike that killed 12
US and Israel on high alert as general says Iran will decide when and how to stage a revenge operation
Final Defence Forces mission to Golan Heights returns to Ireland today
133 soldiers will arrive in Dublin Airport this afternoon after six months on Israel-Syria border
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