Syria

Manar Mervat Al Shouha, who fled civil war, prefers to talk through her paintings, but she has much to say about her fears for Syria, Irish people’s indirectness, and how ‘the feeling of time’ is similar in both countries

Withdrawal from Unifil will allow for ‘reset’ and ‘focus on national defence’, chief of staff says

Group accuses presidential candidate of ‘misleading’ statements over meeting ‘Palestinians’ on 2018 trip

‘Let’s just say, we’ve all heard many stories about him’ says former neighbour of Al-Aal

Talks underscore Moscow’s efforts to safeguard military foothold in region and forge relations with new rulers in Damascus

Presidential candidate confirms taxpayer funded allowance was used, having previously said ‘I funded that trip’

Presidential candidate has previously indicated that visit to war-torn country was a ‘fact-finding’ trip

UNHCR commissioner asks international community to offer support to returning Syrians

Nadia Fall’s film is inspired by London schoolgirl Shamima Begum, who left home to join Islamic State

Despite an initial mood of wartime solidarity, Iranians across the political spectrum believe the conflict has exposed the vulnerabilities of the system

Independent TD’s bid for presidency won unanimous backing of People Before Profit party on Sunday

Idealists are not naive by definition but, when they are, they are ripe for exploitation as propaganda stooges

Families are fleeing their homes in territory’s largest urban centre, say residents

Spiritual leader Hikmat Hijri speaks out against ‘recent ordeal that aimed to exterminate’ his community

Remarks aimed at separatists in majority Druze province who have enlisted support from Israel

King of Kings: The Fall of the Shah, the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the Unmaking of the Modern Middle East by Scott Anderson & Transformed by the People: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s Road to Power in Syria

Violence ‘exacerbated by Syrian government intervention and Israeli air strikes’, says Human Rights Watch

Fighting began a week ago with clashes between Bedouin and Druze fighters that prompted Israeli strikes

Syria’s Sweida province has been engulfed by nearly a week of violence

Government withdrawal from southern Sweida province follows days of sectarian clashes and Israeli strikes

Small but influential minority straddles Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel and the occupied Golan Heights

Israel vows to destroy Syrian government forces attacking religious group in southern Syria

Galway West TD Catherine Connolly officially confirmed her candidacy on Tuesday

Nearly 170 killed in this week’s violence, says Syrian Network for Human Rights

Targets hit include palace of president and Syrian military headquarters in Damascus

Troops sent in to de-escalate situation after fighting breaks out between Bedouin clans and Druze militias

A critic of ‘warmongering’ and a Gaeilgeoir, Independent TD was not in the mix during Coalition talks

Gaza Humanitarian Foundation proposes ‘Humanitarian Transit Areas’ located inside and outside of war–torn enclave

The group, also know as Al-Nusrah Front, took part in offensive that ousted Bashar al-Assad

Finland, Poland and Ukraine have all moved recently to exit the 1997 Ottawa agreement

Security vacuum after Assad downfall has led to plundering for Greek, Roman and Byzantine artefacts

A Syrian, a Palestinian, an Iranian and an Israeli give their views on how better times might be reached where they live

A map-based guide to understand wars and conflict in the Middle East

It remains to be seen whether the Iranian nuclear programme was obliterated or merely set back

Sunday night attck was first major IS operation and suicide bombing in Syria since toppling of former president Bashar al-Assad in December

There have been more than 900 mine-related injuries or fatalities in Syria since the fall of the Assad regime

Self-preservation and national interest mean regional allies can do little more than express support

Tánaiste warns against travel to either country as Irish embassy staff work with citizens actively seeking to leave them

Six months after the fall of Syria’s Assad regime, mass burial sites of the war’s victims are still not cordoned off or protected

Syria’s harvest has shrunk as a result of climate change-related drought, further complicating the country’s economic recovery