Syria

A “crisis meeting” took place in Ballinamore, Co Leitrim on Sunday night over Department of Justice plans to accommodate asylum seekers in the town. (...)

US president Donald Trump has been forced into reversing plans to host the G7 meeting at his own luxury resort following a political outcry. Mr Trum(...)

Syrian Kurdish-led forces and Turkey have blamed each other over continued fighting despite a US-brokered ceasefire in north-eastern Syria. The Kurds(...)

Beyond vague slogans and nostalgic evocation of bygone glories, Brexiteers have always struggled to articulate a coherent vision of Britain’s place in(...)

The failure of the EU leaders to agree to opening EU accession talks with North Macedonia and Albania was a “mistake of historic proportions”, Europea(...)

It started with a letter; it ended with a picture. This week the world was given an insight into the diplomacy of Donald Trump when a letter he penne(...)

As Donald Trump’s missteps in the Middle East compounded his impeachment troubles this week, Vladimir Putin could look on contentedly as the cards in (...)

President Michael D Higgins’ visit to Irish UN peacekeepers in south Lebanon went ahead yesterday despite protests against rising prices, corruption a(...)

Turkey will set up a dozen observation posts across northeast Syria, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday, insisting that a planned “safe zone” wi(...)

Ireland should bring Islamic State supporter Lisa Smith home to study how an Irish soldier can be turned into an Islamic extremist, a leading counter-(...)