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September 22nd, 2025 - 06:06 GMT

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Ahmed al-Sharaa meets Syrian community in a historic US visit

ALBAWABA - Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has made a historic visit to the United States on Sunday, becoming the first Syrian leader to land in Washington in about since 1967. The official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported that al-Sharaa arrived in New York on Sunday in a "historic visit" to attend the UN General Assembly, marking the first appearance by a Syrian leader in the US at the annual ...

(AFP/ file Photo)

May 20th, 2018 - 08:51 GMT

French Troops Fighting Along U.S.-Backed Kurdish Forces Against ISIS in Syria's Deir az-Zour

At least 300 American soldiers to leave from Syria. (AFP/ File PHoto)

May 20th, 2018 - 08:44 GMT

Media Claim: U.S. Withdraws Assistance From North-West Syria

Israeli tanks shelled have destroyed Hezbollah positions in southern Syria. (AFP/ File Photo)

May 20th, 2018 - 07:13 GMT

Israeli Tanks in Occupied Golan Heights Shell Hezbollah Positions in Southern Syria

A picture taken on May 10, 2018 shows a UN outpost in the border area between the Israeli-occupied Golan heights and Syria near the southwestern Syrian village of al-Rafid. (Mohamad ABAZEED / AFP)

May 19th, 2018 - 09:38 GMT

France Freezes Assets over Syria Chemical Weapons

Children ride in the back of a pickup truck at a vegetable market in the Syrian city of Raqa on May 17, 2018, during the holy month of Ramadan. The Syrian Democratic forces (SDF) recently drove the Islamic State (IS) group out of large parts of northern and eastern Syria, including the onetime jihadist capital of Raqa, with help from the coalition's air strikes, weapons and special forces advisors. (DELIL SOULEIMAN / AFP)

May 19th, 2018 - 09:25 GMT

War-Weary Refugees Welcome Ramadan in Syria

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) speaks with his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad during their meeting in Sochi on May 17, 2018. (Mikhail KLIMENTYEV / SPUTNIK / AFP)

May 18th, 2018 - 09:22 GMT

Putin, Al-Assad Meet in Russia's Sochi

Syrian people walk near buses as a convoy carrying opposition fighters and their families from rebel held areas south of Damascus arrived near al-Bab. (Rami al SAYED / AFP)

May 17th, 2018 - 05:00 GMT

9th Convoy of Under 7000 Evacuees Arrive at Aleppo and Idlib From Homs in Syria

ISIS fighters (Rami Khoury/Al Bawaba via AFP/FILE)

May 16th, 2018 - 12:06 GMT

The 'ISIS Bible' Isn't Apocalyptic. It's Brutally Pragmatic

OPCW inspectors collecting samples in Douma, the scene of the chemical attack. (AFP/ File Photo)

May 16th, 2018 - 11:57 GMT

OPCW Confirms Chemical Weapons Use in Syria’s Douma, Chlorine Likely Culprit

U.S. military weapons going to moderates ended up in al-Qaeda hands in Syria. (AFP/ file Photo)

May 16th, 2018 - 09:07 GMT

U.S. Weapons Going to Moderates in Syria Handed Over to al-Qaeda

Iraqi Air Forces claim hitting major ISIS position in Syria’s northern Al-Hasakah province. (AFP/ File Photo)

May 14th, 2018 - 12:53 GMT

Iraqi Jets Target ISIS Positions in North Syria

U.S. military base in Al-Asaliyah, Syria. (AFP/ File Photo)

May 14th, 2018 - 09:46 GMT

9th Round Astana Talks on Syria, No Item on Arab Force Replacing U.S. Contingent