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'Homing Pigeons: Birds with Wishes' features the artwork of Syrian children

Syrian children send 'birds with wishes' to Ireland

An exhibition featuring the artwork of Syrian children has opened to the public at Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin as part of its Refugee Week programme of events.

Syria • 16 Jun 21

The Washukanni Camp for the internally displaced, near the city of Hasakeh in northeastern Syria

UN rights chief urges Syria humanitarian corridors

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has called for the creation of humanitarian corridors in northwestern Syria, expressing horror at a Russian-backed regime offensive in the area.

World • 18 Feb 20

Vehicles carrying displaced people and their belongings drive through the town of Darret Ezza, northwest of Aleppo

900,000 displaced by fighting in northwest Syria - UN

A Russian-backed regime offensive in northwest Syria has displaced 900,000 people since the start of December, and babies are dying of cold because aid camps are full, the UN said today.

World • 17 Feb 20

"The explosive (shells) contain toxic gases that led to choking among civilians," Aleppo police chief Issam al-Shilli told state media

More than 100 injured in suspected gas attack in Syria

Syria's opposition has dismissed claims by the state that it used poisonous gas to attack government-held Aleppo city.

World • 25 Nov 18

From Aleppo to Ballaghaderreen

Amina Ramadan fled the war in Syria and is now living in Ballaghaderreen having made the journey with her husband Mohamed in 2015 - but it was not without tragedy

Video • 26 Jun 17

Rescue workers said they had taken away at least 100 bodies

68 children among the dead in attack on Syrian evacuees

At least 68 children were among those killed in the car bomb attack on a convoy carrying evacuees from besieged government-held towns in Syria, according to a monitor.

Syria • 16 Apr 17

Kurdish Syrian girls among destroyed buildings in the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobane

Report: Mental health crisis plaguing Syria's children

Six years of violence and bloodshed have spawned a mental health crisis among Syria's children whose impact will be felt for decades, according to the international charity Save the Children.

News • 07 Mar 17

Syrian forces in the formerly rebel-held area of Sukkari in Aleppo

Syrian rebels accused of executing 21 civilians

Syrian authorities have accused rebel fighters of executing 21 civilians, including women and children, at close range as they left Aleppo last week, according to state media reports.

Aleppo • 26 Dec 16

The Pontiff urged peace and reconciliation in his traditional 'Urbi et Orbi' message

Pope urges end to fighting in Syria

Pope Francis urged an end to the fighting in Syria as he gave his Christmas address at the Vatican, saying "far too much blood has been spilled" in the conflict.

News • 25 Dec 16

At least 25,000 people have left rebel districts of Aleppo since opposition fighters agreed last week to withdraw after years of fighting

Aleppo evacuations resume after delays

Evacuations from the last rebel-held pocket of Aleppo resumed earlier despite heavy snowfall, clearing a path for Syria's army to take full control of the devastated city.

News • 21 Dec 16

Thousands of people are still waiting to be bussed out of east Aleppo

25,000 people evacuated from east Aleppo

About 25,000 people have been evacuated from the rebel-held enclave of Aleppo since Thursday, the International Committee of the Red Cross has said.

News • 20 Dec 16

Syrians have been evacuated from the last rebel-held pockets of Syria's northen city of Aleppo

Thousands leave Aleppo as evacuation continues

Thousands of people have been evacuated from the last rebel-held enclave of Aleppo in return for insurgents allowing people to leave two besieged pro-government villages in nearby Idlib province.

News • 19 Dec 16

Syrian state media said "armed terrorists" burned five buses near Idlib

East Aleppo evacuation resumes, says UN official

The evacuation of the rebel-held enclave of east Aleppo resumed tonight after three days of delays, a UN official in Syria said.

Syria • 18 Dec 16

Aleppo has been in anti-government control since 2012

Timeline of offensive to retake Syria's Aleppo

As rebel fighters and civilians prepare to withdraw from Aleppo, here is a snapshot of events since forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad launched a major offensive to retake the city a month ago.

News • 15 Dec 16

Syrians pictured on a bus out of eastern Aleppo

Thousands of people evacuated from eastern Aleppo

Thousands of people have been evacuated from the last rebel bastion in Aleppo is under way as part of a ceasefire deal that may end years of fighting for the city and mark a major victory for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

News • 15 Dec 16

Syrian army forces in the city of Aleppo

Aleppo evacuation expected to begin within hours

An evacuation of rebel-held districts of Aleppo is back on track and expected to begin within hours, officials on both sides of the war have said.

Aleppo • 14 Dec 16

Ban alarmed by reports of Aleppo atrocities

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is alarmed by unverified reports of atrocities against a large number of civilians, including women and children, in Syria's Aleppo, his spokesman has said.

World • 12 Dec 16

Syrian families, fleeing from various eastern districts of Aleppo, queue to get onto governmental buses

UN votes strongly in favour of Syrian truce

The United Nations General Assembly has voted by 122 to 13 to demand an immediate cessation of hostilities in Syria, humanitarian aid access throughout the country and an end to all sieges, including in Aleppo.

News • 09 Dec 16

Sergei Lavrov (L) at the OSCE summit in Hamburg, Germany

Syrian army halts attack on Aleppo - Lavrov

Nearly 150 civilians, most with disabilities or in need of medical care, have been evacuated from a hospital in Aleppo's Old City overnight.

Aleppo • 08 Dec 16

Residents flee from areas of eastern Aleppo

Assad says Aleppo victory will mark 'huge step'

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said a victory for his army in the battered second city of Aleppo would be a "huge step" towards ending the country's five-year civil war.

World • 07 Dec 16

Syrian pro-government forces set up an outpost in eastern Aleppo

Syria army seizes new rebel district in Aleppo

Syrian troops and its allied forces advanced overnight seizing Aleppo's Tariq al-Bab neighbourhood from rebels as they press an offensive to recapture all of the city, a monitor group has said.

News • 03 Dec 16

Regime forces had been advancing for several days

Residents flee as Syrian army advances in Aleppo

Hundreds of residents of rebel-held eastern Aleppo fled shifting frontlines, sources said, after an advance by the Syrian army and allied forces that rebels fear could split their most important urban stronghold in two.

News • 27 Nov 16

UN agencies have been barred from entering eastern Aleppo since July

Nearly one million living under siege in Syria

The UN Security Council has been told there are nearly one million people living under siege in Syria, a revision of earlier figures.

News • 22 Nov 16

The strike hit the Furqan area in government-held west Aleppo (file picture)

Children reportedly killed by rebel fire in Aleppo

At least seven children have been killed after rebel rocket fire hit a school in the government-held west of Aleppo, according to Syrian state media.

News • 20 Nov 16

A Syrian civil defence volunteer carries an injured man following a reported air strike on Aleppo's rebel-held neighbourhood of Bab al-Nayrab

Top UN officials 'appalled' by violence in Syria

Top UN officials have said they were "appalled" by escalating violence in Syria and urged immediate access to Aleppo, where government forces are waging a ferocious assault to retake rebel-held districts.

News • 20 Nov 16