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President Ahmed Al-Sharaa

September 22nd, 2025 - 06:06 GMT

Sally Shakkour

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 ...

US Navy (AFP/File Photo)

April 23rd, 2018 - 08:03 GMT

U.S. Keeps Strike Carrier Ship in Europe Instead of Middle East

Eiffel Tower in the background (AFP/File Photo)

April 23rd, 2018 - 07:08 GMT

Lebanese Ambassador to France Lobby's Paris Politician Against Further Syria Strikes

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (AFP/File Photo)

April 23rd, 2018 - 07:01 GMT

UN Swedish Meeting Draws Syrian Roadmap

A Kurdish Syrian woman walks with her child past the ruins of the town of Kobane. (AFP/ File Photo)

April 23rd, 2018 - 01:00 GMT

EU Holds Brussels Conference on Syria, 85 States and NGOs Attend

President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (AFP/ File Photo)

April 22nd, 2018 - 09:00 GMT

Erdogan Accuses U.S. of Refusing to Sell Weapons to Ankara While Arming Kurds

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

April 22nd, 2018 - 07:15 GMT

OPCW Experts Fly Collected Samples from Douma to Holland Labs

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said the United States is ready to carry out more attacks on Syria if Assad fails to heed the message of last week’s allied cruise missile strike. (AFP/ File Photo)

April 22nd, 2018 - 06:20 GMT

U.S. May Hold More Attacks on Syria if Assad Ignores Message

A picture taken early on Apr. 21, 2018 shows explosions appearing in the skyline of a southern district of the Syrian capital Damascus, during regime strikes targeting the Islamic State group in the Palestinian camp of Yarmouk, and neighbouring districts.
(Rami al SAYED / AFP)

April 21st, 2018 - 12:18 GMT

Corbyn Calls for Peace in Syria Before Cold War Begins

A general view shows destroyed buildings in the former rebel-held Syrian town of Douma on the outskirts of Damascus on Apr. 19, 2018, five days after the Syrian army declared that all anti-regime forces have left Eastern Ghouta, following a blistering two month offensive on the rebel enclave. The regime in February launched a blistering assault on Eastern Ghouta, a semi-rural area within mortar range of central Damascus that had been in opposition hands for six years. (STRINGER / AFP)

April 20th, 2018 - 08:40 GMT

UK, China Discuss Chemical Attack on Syria's Douma

Syrian soldier walk behind a military vehicle (AFP/File Photo)

April 19th, 2018 - 03:02 GMT

Syrian Army Tells ISIS to Leave or Else

Rapid ISIS evacuation only leave the writings on the wall. (AFP/File Photo)

April 19th, 2018 - 01:25 GMT

11 Civilians Killed by U.S. Airstrikes in ISIS-Held Hasakah, North Syria

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri (AFP/File Photo)

April 19th, 2018 - 12:05 GMT

UK Ambassador Visits Hariri, Explains British Participation in Syria Strike