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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 ...

Turkey's President and leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during the AKP's extended meeting of provincial heads at the party's headquarters in Ankara on Feb. 23, 2018.
(ADEM ALTAN / AFP)

February 24th, 2018 - 04:00 GMT

Turkey: US Embassy Move to Jerusalem 'Extremely Worrying'

A civil Defense volunteer, known as the White Helmets, checks the site of a regime air strike in the rebel-held town of Saqba, in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, on Feb. 23, 2018. Syrian regime air strikes and artillery fire hit the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta for a sixth straight day killing at least 32 civilians, as the world struggled to reach a deal to stop the carnage.
(ABDULMONAM EASSA / AFP)

February 24th, 2018 - 01:09 GMT

Fresh Assad Regime Attacks Kill At Least 38 in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta

Smoke billows following a regime air strike on the rebel-held town of Haza, in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, on Feb. 23, 2018. Syrian regime air strikes and artillery fire hit the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta for a sixth straight day killing 32 civilians, as the world struggled to reach a deal to stop the carnage.
(AMER ALMOHIBANY / AFP)

February 24th, 2018 - 08:29 GMT

Iran, Russia Allow Brutality of Assad Regime in War-torn Syria: EU

Inspired by the Oscar-nominated film "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri", billboards on a truck circle the United Nations on Feb. 22, 2018 for three hours to demand action on Syria in advance of a Security Council vote in New York.
(TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP)

February 24th, 2018 - 08:04 GMT

UNSC: Vote on Syria Ceasefire Proposal Postponed, No Consensus on Negotiations with Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) delivers a speech during a ceremony to present national award and to mark the Defender of the Fatherland Day at the Kremlin in Moscow on Feb. 23, 2018.
(Alexey NIKOLSKY / Sputnik / AFP)

February 23rd, 2018 - 05:07 GMT

Merkel, Macron Call for Putin to Approve UN Truce

Turkey's President and leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures during the AKP's extended meeting of provincial heads at the party's headquarters in Ankara on Feb. 23, 2018.
(ADEM ALTAN / AFP)

February 23rd, 2018 - 04:12 GMT

Turkey Supports UN's Cease-fire Resolution for Syria

Smoke billows following Syrian government bombardments on Kafr Batna, in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus on Feb. 22, 2018.
(AMER ALMOHIBANY / AFP)

February 23rd, 2018 - 03:47 GMT

UN to Vote on 30-day Cease-fire Resolution for Syria

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a High Level Conference on the Sahel at the European Commission in Brussels on Feb. 23, 2018.
(JOHN THYS / POOL / AFP)

February 23rd, 2018 - 09:11 GMT

Merkel: EU Should Play Stronger Role in Syria Crisis to Stop Massacres

A mortar attack of two Palestine refugee children near the Palestinian refugee camp of Jaramana (AFP/File Photo)

February 22nd, 2018 - 11:49 GMT

Mortar Attack Kills 2 Palestine Refugee Children in Syria, UNRWA Condemns Ongoing Hostilities

UN Security Council meeting on Syria's besieged Eastern Ghouta (AFP/File Photo)

February 22nd, 2018 - 08:55 GMT

Moscow Asks UN to Convene Meeting to Discuss Eastern Ghouta Situation

The accused are the surviving members of a group of four Britons — nicknamed the “Beatles” because of their English accents — who joined ISIS after 2012 (AFP)

February 21st, 2018 - 10:38 GMT

US and UK Discuss Fate of Two Suspected ISIS 'Beatles' Terrorists

Erdogan and Putin meeting to discuss the Syrian conflict (Rami Khoury/Al Bawaba)

February 20th, 2018 - 03:09 GMT

Turkey Is Cozying up to Russia and Disavowing the US