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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 ...

Smoke billows following reported shelling by Syrian government forces in the rebel-held area of Deraa, in southern Syria, on January 18, 2017. (AFP/Mohamad Abazeed)

January 19th, 2017 - 08:00 GMT

Russia says US, Jaysh al-Islam invited to Syria peace talks in Astana

Over the past two days, he said, several reconnaissance flights were carried out over the targeted region using unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones. (AFP/File)

January 19th, 2017 - 05:00 GMT

Turkey and Russia team up for joint-air operation in Syria

Smoke billows in the town of Qabasin, located northeast of the city of Al-Bab on January 8, 2017, during fighting against Daesh. (AFP/Nazeer al-Khatib)

January 18th, 2017 - 09:00 GMT

US carries out airstrikes in al-Bab, Syria

Syrian men stand amidst the rubble of a building following a reported airstrike by government forces, in the Syrian town of Binnish, on the outskirts of Idlib, on January 12, 2017. (AFP/Omar Haj Kadour)

January 18th, 2017 - 05:00 GMT

Russia accuses the US of using Daesh to try to overthrow Assad regime

Iranian, Russian and Turkish foreign ministers, Mohammad Javad Zarif, Sergei Lavrov and Mevlut Cavusoglu (From L) attend a news conference in Moscow, Russia, December 20, 2016. (AFP/File)

January 17th, 2017 - 03:00 GMT

Turkish and Russian foreign ministers discuss preparations for Syria talks

Syrian civil defense volunteers carry a wounded man following a reported airstrike by government forces, in the Syrian town of Binnish, on the outskirts of Idlib, on January 12, 2017. (AFP/Omar Haj Kadour)

January 16th, 2017 - 06:00 GMT

Syrian government tanks kill 12 civilians in Wadi Barada

Smoke billows from a rebel-held area of Deraa, in southern Syria, following reported shelling by pro-government forces during sunset on January 12, 2017. (AFP/Mohamad Abazeed)

January 15th, 2017 - 02:00 GMT

Syrian opposition announces support for Astana peace talks

Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad. (AFP/File)

January 15th, 2017 - 11:00 GMT

New reports officially link Syrian president Assad to chemical attacks

A coalition made up of Al-Nusra Front, the official Syrian affiliate of Al-Qaeda, and several Islamist factions seized the city of Idlib on March 28, 2015. (AFP/File)

January 14th, 2017 - 01:00 GMT

Assad regime kills 4 civilians in Idlib, Syria, in violation of ceasefire

A United Nations weapons expert collects samples during an investigation into a 2013 suspected chemical weapons. (AFP/File)

January 14th, 2017 - 05:00 GMT

Syrian regime slammed with US sanctions over alleged use of chemical weapons

Screen shot of footage of alleged Israeli missile strike on the Syrian Mezzeh airbase near Damascus. (File photo)

January 13th, 2017 - 09:00 GMT

Syria accuses Israel of ‘flagrant rocket attack’ on military base outside Damascus

Syrian children play next to a destroyed buidling in the rebel-held town of Douma, on the eastern outskirts of the capital Damascus, on January 9, 2017. (AFP/Abd Doumany)

January 12th, 2017 - 09:00 GMT

Syrian opposition presents conditions to attend peace talks in Astana