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Ireland should push for peace as Idlib air strikes begin
The people trapped in Idlib are afraid of a major military offensive similar to Aleppo, and a potential chemical weapons...
Read ArticleUpdate from the Future of Syria conference
Representatives from three local Syrian organisations Trócaire supports met with Minister Ciaran Cannon at the Brussels...
Read ArticleA Push for Peace in Syria at international conference
The Future of Syria conference, which takes place in Brussels, is an opportunity to address the funding gap for urg...
Read ArticleStill no shelter for Syrian refugees
Over 6 million are displaced in Syria, with a further 5.5 million having fled the country. Most of the refugees are livi...
Read ArticleCivilians will continue to pay the price for political failure in Syria
End the failure in Syria Trócaire Executive Director Éamonn Meehan said: “The use of chemical gases and nerve agents...
Read ArticleAre the international structures that govern and police the world today fit for purpose?
Almost 70 years ago, with Europe still lying in ruins, a set of ‘rules’ – the Geneva Conventions –...
Read ArticleSeven years on: Remembering the origins of the crisis in Syria
Origins of the conflict This protracted conflict has killed more than 500,000 people and contributed to the largest refu...
Read ArticleVoices from Damascus: ‘we are trying to stay alive’
Lubna Alkanawati, who runs Women Now, a centre to support women affected by the conflict, wrote: ‘Our colleagues...
Read ArticlePartners in Syria suspend programmes after airstrikes
On February 6, a centre run by Women Now, a partner organisation of Trócaire who provide support and training to women ...
Read ArticleNew exhibition of expressive art by Syrian and Palestinian refugee women
Home to an estimated 40,000 refugees, Shatila refugee camp occupies a small one square kilometre site just outside Beiru...
Read ArticleSenseless killing of 26 year old humanitarian worker in Syria
Trócaire condemns the killing of a young humanitarian worker, Malak Khoubia (26), in Damascus, Syria, as fears grow of ...
Read ArticleHow Donald Trump’s Executive Order counters international law
By Julian Waagensen, Trócaire Policy & Advocacy Adviser President Trump’s Executive Order on refugees and immigra...
Read ArticleHow you can help people in Syria
The slaughter in Aleppo has highlighted the appalling suffering endured by the Syrian people over the last five years. V...
Read ArticlePray for peace in Syria: a message from Caritas Syria
Please find below urgent message from our partner in Syria, Caritas Syria. “When we hear the news talking about th...
Read ArticleOnly 311 Syrian refugees have been taken in by Ireland, despite Government promise last year to welcome 4000. #4000promi...
Read ArticleDamascus report: “I’ve no choice but to stay”
Trócaire’s Niall O’Keeffe, Head of Region – Asia and Middle East, writes about a recent visit to Damascus in...
Read ArticleFive years of war: end the suffering in Syria
On March 15 2011, pro-democracy protests took place in the southern city of Deraa in Syria. The protests were in respons...
Read ArticleInternational Migrants Day: Stories from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan
Refugees crossing into Europe by land and sea are set to hit the one million mark over the coming days. As temperatures ...
Read ArticleFadi’s story: A Syrian refugee living in Lebanon
By Noelle Fitzpatrick, Trócaire’s Syria Humanitarian Officer Fadi is a Syrian refugee living in Lebanon, be...
Read ArticleTrócaire welcomes Irish Government’s decision to receive 4,000 refugees into Ireland
by Éamonn Meehan, Executive Director of Trócaire Today’s announcement is welcome. The decision to welcome 4,000 refu...
Read ArticleRecall the Dáil to respond to the European refugee crisis
Trócaire call for the Dáil to be recalled early to “establish an immediate and effective response” from Ir...
Read ArticleEU needs to treat the unprecedented European migration crisis as a humanitarian emergency
Trócaire has called on the EU to treat the unprecedented European migration crisis as a humanitarian emergency and comm...
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