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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 ...

The aftermath of a Syrian government airstrike on opposition-held Idlib, September 2016. (AFP)

April 4th, 2017 - 11:00 GMT

EU says “Assad has no place in Syria” as Brussels conference begins

A picture reportedly showing one of the children killed in a "chemical" attack in Idlib, 4 April 2017. (Facebook/Idlib Civil Defence)

April 4th, 2017 - 09:20 GMT

Update: ‘Chemical’ attack in Idlib kills at least 70 Syrians

Turkish tanks enter Syria at the start of Operation Euphrates Shield last year. (AFP/File)

April 4th, 2017 - 06:00 GMT

Turkey preparing for new military operations in northern Syria

Destruction in Idlib on December 21, 2015 following reported Russian air strikes (AFP/Omar Haj Kadaour)

April 2nd, 2017 - 01:15 GMT

Russian airstrikes target rebel held positions in Idlib

Syrian government fighters raise the country's flag after a previous evacuation of opposition fighters in 2014. (AFP)

April 2nd, 2017 - 05:00 GMT

Hundreds leave besieged Homs in third phase of evacuation

A Syrian opposition fighter in Hama, 23 March 2017. (AFP/Omar Haj Kadour)

April 1st, 2017 - 02:00 GMT

With chemical weapons, Syrian government bombards hospitals in Hama

Syrian refugees from Raqqa governorate cross the Syria-Turkey border fleeing Isis in this file photo dated June 22 2015. (AFP)

March 31st, 2017 - 09:00 GMT

300.000 people used as human shields in Raqqa

A picture taken on March 9, 2017 in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, which was recaptured by government forces in December 2016. (AFP/Joseph Eid)

March 31st, 2017 - 08:00 GMT

'Getting Assad out' no longer a US priority

Smoke billows following an airstrike on Ain Tarma, in the eastern Ghouta area, a rebel stronghold east of the capital Damascus on March 27, 2017. (AFP/Mohammed Eyad)

March 30th, 2017 - 04:00 GMT

Chlorine gas attack reported near Syria’s Hama

The aftermath of a Syrian government airstrike on a market in Idlib in 2016. (AFP/file)

March 30th, 2017 - 02:05 GMT

Number of Syrian refugees tops 5 million, says the UN

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (C) meets with representatives of Syria’s opposition in Moscow on January 27, 2017. (AFP)

March 30th, 2017 - 06:00 GMT

Geneva peace talks: Syrian opposition meets Russian delegation

Syrian government troops stand guard as rebel fighters and their families are evacuated by bus from Daraya outside Damascus, under a plan to end a brutal four-year siege (AFP/Youssef Karwashan)

March 29th, 2017 - 03:57 GMT

60,000 people about to leave besieged areas in Syria