International - Last year 2024
'I'm trying not to lose hope': Irish man's parents stuck in Aleppo amid uprising
A Longford GP and his wife went back to Aleppo to check on their house only to find themselves in the throes of an unexpected uprising.
Head of transitional Syrian government calls for 'calm' as UN urges Israel to halt attacks
The group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, is proscribed by many Western governments as a terrorist organisation, though it has sought to moderate its rhetoric.
Assad in Moscow after Syrian rebels declared him overthrown with capture of Damascus
It has been reported by Russian media that Assad and his family are now in Moscow, and have been granted asylum on humanitarian grounds.