"At least six debates have taken place in this presidential election, and we've lost count of the number of interviews. Yet Catherine Connolly has still not answered a key question about her trip to Syria in 2018: who organised it?"
"The latest round of questions was with Gavin Jennings on RTÉ's Morning Ireland and followed revelations that she met a militia leader who was a supporter of the Assad regime and had been linked to crimes against Palestinian refugees."
"This follows earlier details outlined in the Sunday Independent that she was shown around Aleppo by Fares Shehabi - someone named on an EU sanctions list as "providing economic support to the Syrian regime" and funding militia groups."
Catherine Connolly has not disclosed who organised her 2018 trip to Syria. Multiple debates and numerous interviews during the presidential election have not produced an answer to that question. The most recent questioning occurred with Gavin Jennings on RTÉ's Morning Ireland after revelations that Connolly met a militia leader supportive of the Assad regime who has been linked to crimes against Palestinian refugees. Earlier reporting stated that she was shown around Aleppo by Fares Shehabi, who appears on an EU sanctions list for providing economic support to the Syrian regime and funding militia groups.
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