Tag Archives: Syria

AlaaMary Fitzgerald, of the Irish Times, reports that Jordanian-born 26-year-old Alaa Ciymeh, who grew up in Ireland, has died fighting with rebel forces in Syria.

Alaa went to De La Salle College, Churchtown, and left Dublin in 2008

He is the third young man with links to Ireland to die in the country’s civil war.

Shamseddin Gaidan (16) from Navan, Co Meath and Hudhaifa ElSayed (22), from Drogheda, Co Louth were both killed during fighting in Syria within the last six months.

Man raised in Ireland killed fighting with rebel forces in Syria (Mary Fitzgerald, Irish Times)

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Today marks the two-year anniversary of the start of the civil war in
Syria.

Jane-Ann McKenna, Of MSF Ireland writes:

The Syrian population is faced with a conflict of extremeviolence and a humanitarian situation of catastrophic proportions: the health system has collapsed; food shortages are commonplace, and waterand electricity supply is disrupted; Medical aid is being targeted,hospitals destroyed and medical personnel have been captured.
The short video above, taken behind the lines in opposition held areas of Syria, demonstrates the suffering many women, children and elderly continue to endure. Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has launched a Syria Emergency Appeal today and we would really appreciate your support to publicise it.

MSF.ie

Syria has gone offline.

Just as rebel forces are reportedly making huge advances on Assad territory.

From renesys.com:

Starting at 10:26 UTC (12:26pm in Damascus), Syria’s international Internet connectivity shut down. In the global routing table, all 84 of Syria’s IP address blocks have become unreachable, effectively removing the country from the Internet.

 

Syrian Internet Is Off The Air, Renesys Blog

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GocN2bALkbw

Apparently.

Dlshad Othman is a Syrian digital security expert and human rights activist living in the Republic of Ireland. From a small village outside of Dublin, Dlashad works to ensure the safety of activists and journalists on the digital frontline of the Syrian uprising against President Bashar al-Assad

 

Anyone?

 Dlshad Othman?

(Guardian)

She loved him in Prêt-à-Porter. (1994)

UNICEF Ireland Ambassador Stephen Rea with Um Alaa (name changed for her protection) and some of her grandchildren during a visit to the Syrian Refugee Camp in Za’atari, Jordan.

Um Alaa escaped Syria with 20 members of her family and they have been living in the camp for two months, located 14km from the Syrian/Jordanian border.

A Visit To Syrian Refugees In Jordan Is An Eye-opener (Brandeis University)

(Salah Malkawi/Photocall Ireland)