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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 ...

Syrian refugees look for water at the Rukban camp on the Jordanian border. (AFP/File)

October 16th, 2016 - 08:13 GMT

Suspected Daesh suicide attack on Rukban refugee camp at Jordan-Syria border

Fighters from the Free Syrian Army cheer and react as they fight against the Islamic State (IS) group jihadists on the outskirts of the northern Syrian town of Dabiq, on October 15, 2016. (AFP/Nazeer al-Khatib)

October 16th, 2016 - 12:00 GMT

Turkey-backed fighters seize Dabiq, prophesied ‘apocalypse’ site from Daesh

Officials from the US, Russia, Syria, Egypt, Qatar, Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Jordan and the UN gather to speak during a meeting to revive a ceasefire in Syria, in Lausanne, on October 15, 2016. (AFP/Jean-Christophe Bott)

October 16th, 2016 - 09:12 GMT

Latest Syria negotiations come up short yet again: No ceasefire reached

United Nations special envoy Staffan de Mistura (C-L) sits facing Syria’s main opposition group during Syrian peace talks at the U.N. Offices in Geneva on February 1, 2016. (AFP/Fabrice Coffrini)

October 15th, 2016 - 12:00 GMT

Russia and US return to negotiating table while Aleppo burns

Syrian civil defense volunteers, known as the White Helmets, carry the body of a victim following a government forces air strike on the rebel-held neighborhood of Bustan al-Basha in the northern city of Aleppo, on October 4, 2016. (AFP/Thaer Mohammed)

October 14th, 2016 - 06:00 GMT

Airstrikes on war-weary Aleppo kill 13 more civilians

At least four children were killed when shells fired by militants hit a school in the government-held area of Aleppo. (AFP/File)

October 13th, 2016 - 03:00 GMT

Several children killed after militants bomb school in Aleppo

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will be attending meetings in Lausanne, Switzerland to discuss a settlement of the Syrian crisis. (AFP/File)

October 13th, 2016 - 01:00 GMT

Switzerland to host latest round of talks on Syrian crisis Oct. 15

Syrians walk over rubble following air strikes on the rebel-held Fardous neighbourhood of the northern embattled Syrian city of Aleppo on October 12, 2016. (AFP/Ameer Alhalbi)

October 13th, 2016 - 04:00 GMT

Onslaught on Aleppo kills at least 50 more civilians

Screenshot taken from Youtube of Khan al-Shih being hit by barrel bombs. (YouTube)

October 12th, 2016 - 07:00 GMT

Palestinians of Khan al-Shih refugee camp in war torn Syria call for end to endless bombings

Syrian rebel fighters ride in the back of a pick-up truck flying an Islamist flag in the northern Syrian village of Rael after clashes with Daesh north of Aleppo on October 9, 2016. (AFP/Nazeer al-Khatib)

October 12th, 2016 - 04:00 GMT

Russia once again steps up heavy bombing of Aleppo

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during the 23rd World Energy Congress on October 10, 2016 in Istanbul. (AFP/Ozan Kose)

October 11th, 2016 - 03:23 GMT

Putin cancels Paris visit because Hollande will ‘only talk about Syria’

In 2014, Gorbachev, who has rarely intervened in global affairs since 1991, accused of American "triumphalism" for fueling tensions what he warned could become a "new Cold War." (AFP/File)

October 11th, 2016 - 11:00 GMT

Russia and US tensions reaching Cold War proportions over war in Syria