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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 ...

Shells of buildings in Aleppo, Syria. (AFP/File)

October 24th, 2016 - 03:00 GMT

Syrian High Negotiation Council attempts to launch aid and ceasefire initiative in Aleppo

A Syrian man walks past destroyed buildings on May 2, 2016, in Aleppo. (AFP/File)

October 23rd, 2016 - 06:00 GMT

Broken promises: Aleppo ceasefire ends without agreed evacuations

Syrian refugees walk on their way back to the Syrian city of Jarabulus on September 7, 2016. (AFP/File)

October 22nd, 2016 - 10:53 GMT

Syrians return to liberated Jarabulus to rebuild their lives

Smoke rises from reported opposition fire from buildings in an eastern government-held neighbourhood of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on October 20, 2016 as clashes erupted in an area designated as a humanitarian corridor for civilians to leave the embattles city, an AFP journalist said, despite an announced pause in the Syrian army's Russian-backed offensive. (AFP/George Ourfalian)

October 21st, 2016 - 07:00 GMT

‘Humanitarian pause’ comes into effect in Aleppo

Syrian boys stand next to an Arab Red Crescent lorry carrying humanitarian aid in the rebel-held town of Douma, east of the Syrian capital Damascus, on October 19, 2016. (AFP/Abd Doumany)

October 21st, 2016 - 05:00 GMT

Clashes between government, rebels in Aleppo means no escape for civilians

Turkish tanks are seen during a military operation in Jarabulus in northern Syria. (AFP/File)

October 20th, 2016 - 12:00 GMT

Turkish jets continue strikes on US-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria

Syrian rebel fighters and their families arrive on the outskirts of Idlib, bordering the Hama province, following their evacuation from Qudssaya and al-Hamah, rebel-held neighbourhoods of the Syrian capital, on October 14, 2016. (AFP/Omar Haj Kadour)

October 20th, 2016 - 07:00 GMT

Syrian rebels say opposition forces have ‘no intention’ of leaving Aleppo

A Syrian Arab Red Crescent lorries are seen in the rebel-held town of Douma, east of the Syrian capital Damascus, on October 19, 2016. (AFP/Abd Doumany)

October 20th, 2016 - 06:00 GMT

Belgium summons Russian ambassador over deadly airstrike near Aleppo

Assad, a former investment banker, was born and raised in London. She was married to Bashar six months after he assumed the presidency in July 2000, following the death of his father Hafez. (AFP/Miguel Medina)

October 19th, 2016 - 06:00 GMT

Bashar al Assad’s wife Asma was offered many ways out of Syria

Members of the Syrian Civil Defence, known as the White Helmets, search for victims amid the rubble of a destroyed building following reported air strikes in the rebel-held Qatarji neighbourhood of the northern city of Aleppo, on October 17, 2016. (AFP/Karam al-Masri)

October 19th, 2016 - 04:00 GMT

Russian and Syrian forces suspend Aleppo airstrikes ahead of ceasefire

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. (AFP/Oli Scarff)

October 18th, 2016 - 05:00 GMT

Russia proposes ‘humanitarian pause’ of eight hours to Aleppo carnage

US Secretary of State John Kerry. (AFP/File)

October 17th, 2016 - 07:00 GMT

UK and US sanctions against Syria and Russia may be on the cards