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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 ...

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

January 27th, 2017 - 12:00 GMT

Lavrov: Syria peace talks in Geneva postponed until end of February

Syrian girls, who fled the ongoing conflict in Syria, stand in line at an all girls school in the south of Khartoum on September 19, 2017. (AFP/Ashraf Shazly)

January 27th, 2017 - 10:00 GMT

Israel grants asylum to 100 Syrian orphans, to provide them with housing, education

UN envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura speaks to the media during the second day of Astana talks. (AFP/File)

January 25th, 2017 - 09:00 GMT

‘Secret clause’ in Astana agreement sparks row between Syrian opposition factions

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin greet each other with a kiss in this mural in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius. (AFP/File)

January 24th, 2017 - 11:00 GMT

Washington announces US is ready to team up with Russia to take on Daesh in Syria

Syrian men and Civil Defence volunteers, also known as the White Helmets, search for survivors amid the rubble of a building following an air strike on the village of Maaret al-Numan, in the country's northern province of Idlib, on January 7, 2017. (AFP/Mohamed al-Bakour)

January 24th, 2017 - 09:00 GMT

US denies collaborating with Russia on Syria airstrike

Chief opposition negotiator Mohammad Alloush (C) of the Jaish al-Islam (Army of Islam) rebel group attends the first session of Syria peace talks at Astana's Rixos President Hotel on January 23, 2017. (AFP/Kiril Kudryatsev)

January 24th, 2017 - 08:00 GMT

Syria peace talks continue in Astana after rocky first day

Syrian artist Aziz al-Asmar works on a mural depicting the war in Syria. (AFP/File)

January 23rd, 2017 - 01:17 GMT

Rivals at Astana talks agree on call for a ceasefire in Syria but differ on their political agendas

A view of Astana's Rixos President Hotel, the place that will host Syria peace talks, in Astana, on January 22, 2017. (AFP/Kiril Kudryatsev)

January 23rd, 2017 - 08:00 GMT

Syria peace talks begin in Kazakh capital of Astana

Syrian men walk in a cemetery in the rebel-held town of Douma, on the eastern outskirts of the capital Damascus, on Jan 9, 2017. (AFP/File)

January 22nd, 2017 - 11:36 GMT

US declines to send delegation to Syria peace talks in Astana

Satellite image of the Rukban Syrian refugee encampment at the Jordanian berm on Jordan-Syria border. (File photo)

January 21st, 2017 - 11:56 GMT

Explosion near Rukban refugee camp near Syrian-Jordanian border kills at least four

This file photo taken on October 10, 2016 shows Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) speaking to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) as they attend a press conference in Istanbul (AFP/File)

January 21st, 2017 - 09:00 GMT

Syrian opposition meet Russian delegation ahead of Astana talks

Female soldiers talk next to a CV90 combat vehicle. (AFP/File)

January 21st, 2017 - 08:00 GMT

Denmark to wade into Syrian war and join the battle against Daesh