‘The Turkish government is not allowing them to cross the border& & Syrian man in Ireland on effort to get parents out of Aleppo

With the situation in Syria escalating following the takeover of the country by rebel factions who toppled dictator Bashar al-Assad, Syrians settled in Ireland are struggling with returning their family members from the region.

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Israeli airstrikes kill at least 34 people across Gaza

Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 34 Palestinians overnight Monday and yesterday, medics said, as Israeli tanks pushed into areas in central and southern parts of the enclave.

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Shira Rubin: Impact of Netanyahu trial is expected to ripple across Middle East

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu&s trial is unfolding against the backdrop of the war in Gaza, an incursion by Israeli forces into Syria and a tenuous ceasefire in Lebanon.

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Benjamin Netanyahu gives evidence for first time in corruption trial

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave evidence in his long-running trial for alleged corruption setting off what is expected to be a weeks-long spectacle that will draw unwelcome attention to his legal woes as he faces an international arrest warrant for war crimes and the fighting in Gaza continues.

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How Assad&s downfall could turn Syria into a new haven for Islamist extremists

Washington seemed stunned by the sudden collapse of Bashar al-Assad&s murderous regime in Syria over the weekend. Albeit not as &stunned& as whoever found themselves on the ground when the US Air Force unleashed dozens of air raids on 785 sites in Syria & while Assad was still on his way to exile in Moscow.

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Israeli troops ‘25km from Damascus& as dozens of Syrian military bases bombed

An Israeli military incursion into Syria has reached about 25km southwest of Damascus, Syrian security sources said on Tuesday, after Israel seized a buffer zone in southern Syria and launched air strikes on Syrian army and air bases overnight.

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