Author Archives: Ronan L Tynan

Filmmaker Ronan Tynan co-producer of SYRIA – THE IMPOSSIBLE REVOLUTION asks will Antony Blinken the step son of a Nazi Holocaust survivor and the incoming US secretary of state put Syria the holocaust of our time back on the agenda … Continue reading →

    RONAN L TYNAN Does the report of the Crisis Group entitled “Ways out of Europe’s Syria Reconstruction Conundrum” fail to grasp some fundamental realities about the nature of the Syrian regime and its continuing brutal repression?  We are … Continue reading →

    I asked members of the audience to hold up signs reading STOP BOMBING HOSPITALS in Cinema 1 at the IFI after the discussion I chaired following the screening of FOR SAMA. Waad al-Kateab who made that compelling film … Continue reading →

Ronan L Tynan The image of the Syrian capital Damascus presented by contributor Michael Jansen in the Irish Times on Friday (30 August, 2019) reporting on the “61st International Trade Fair” was a one dimensional picture from the perspective of … Continue reading →

    Song ‘Oh Roger!’ written and performed by RONAN L TYNAN the director of the award winning SYRIA – THE IMPOSSIBLE REVOLUTION just released. LISTEN TO SONG HERE: https://ronanltynan.hearnow.com   Filmmaker RONAN L TYNAN was shocked to hear rock star … Continue reading →

RONAN L TYNAN I wrote in a letter published yesterday in the Sunday Times (July 22, 2019) that Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney let Ireland down in lobbying for a seat on the UN Security Council in Moscow promising … Continue reading →

Open Letter to HE Secretary General Antonio Guterres of the United Nations and HE Vice President of the European Commission and High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Maria Mogherini Dear Mr Secretary General and Madam Vice President … Continue reading →

RONAN L TYNAN: “I screamed, but no one came,” a chilling line from the testimony of a woman raped in Dara’a, Syria quoted in a recent UN report, and reflects the almost invisible nature of one of the biggest mass … Continue reading →

Ronan L Tynan: More reports from Idlib provide clear evidence Assad, backed by Russia and Iran, is using illegal cluster bombs against civilians which exact a heavy toll, a threat that also lingers long after the initial bomb attack as … Continue reading →

FARED or @FARED60350386 on Twitter is a young citizen journalist and photographer in Idlib who hour by hour has been fearlessly reporting on the relentless attacks on civilians and where children in particular are paying a terrible price. He asks … Continue reading →