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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 ...

Iraqi foreign minister Ibrahim al-Jafaari at a conference on Syria in Brussels, Belgium, April 5 2017. (AFP/John Thys)

April 11th, 2017 - 09:00 GMT

Iraq seems to be withdrawing its support from Bashar al-Assad

Russia's Deputy Ambassador to the UN, Vladimir Safronkov. at a Security Council Meeting April 7 2017. (AFP/Jewel Samad)

April 11th, 2017 - 07:33 GMT

Russia knew about Syria chemical attack before it happened, US official says

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (L) speaks with High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini during a meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers from the G7 on April 10, 2017 in Lucca, Tuscany. (AFP/Vincenzo Pinto)

April 11th, 2017 - 05:00 GMT

G7 meeting puts pressure on Russia to stop backing Assad

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. (AFP)

April 10th, 2017 - 06:00 GMT

Tillerson: Defeating Daesh more important than stabilizing Syria

US Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, at a Security Council meeting on 7 April 2017. (AFP/Jewel Samad)

April 9th, 2017 - 10:00 GMT

US continues Syria policy about-face, says Assad has to go

Syrian refugees waiting to cross the Jordanian border, 14 January 2016. (AFP)

April 9th, 2017 - 08:00 GMT

Bomb attack in Syrian refugee camp on Jordan’s border leaves three dead

Bodies of those killed during a chemical attack in Syria's Idlib province lie in a storage room in a hospital in Khan Sheikhoun, 4 April 2017. (AFP/Omar Haj Kadour)

April 9th, 2017 - 07:00 GMT

Russian airstrike on Idlib kills 18 - report

People demonstrate in Brussels on April 8, 2017, in support of the Syrian people after the latest suspected chemical attack. (AFP/Nicolas Maeterlinck)

April 8th, 2017 - 02:50 GMT

At least 15 civilians killed in suspected US-led airstrikes on Syria’s Raqqa

Kuwait's Foreign Minister Sabah Al Khalid Al Sabah, Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and Norway's Foreign Minister Borge Brende mark a minute of silence for the victims of Khan Sheikhun, at an EU-Syria conference on the future of Syria and the region on April 5, 2017. (AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)

April 8th, 2017 - 12:00 GMT

Hezbollah: US strike on Syria ‘foolish,’ warns of future danger

Syrian residents of Khan Sheikhun hold placards and pictures on April 7, 2017 during a protest condemning a suspected chemical weapons attack on their town earlier this week that killed at least 86 people, among them 30 children. (AFP/Omar Haj Kadour)

April 8th, 2017 - 08:00 GMT

Syrian regime launches airstrike on town still mourning chemical attack

US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley holds photos of victims as she speaks as the UN Security Council. (AFP)

April 8th, 2017 - 06:00 GMT

US threatens further actions as UN Security Council remains divided over Syria

Image released by the US Department of Defense shows the Shayrat airfield in Syria, hit by 59 US Tomahawk cruise missiles on the orders of President Donald Trump ( AFP/US Department of Defense)

April 7th, 2017 - 02:01 GMT

US missile strike against Syrian regime airbase: The damage caused