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President Ahmed Al-Sharaa

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 at the Rakban camp, near the Jordanian border. (AFP/File)

October 4th, 2016 - 01:00 GMT

Jordan, UN negotiate aid delivery to Syrians stranded at Rakban border camp

Civilians walk through the rubble of a neighborhood hit by airstrikes in Aleppo. (AFP/File)

October 4th, 2016 - 09:29 GMT

Aleppo humanitarian crisis: Organization of Islamic Cooperation to hold emergency meeting

Members of the Kurdish police patrol in the neighborhood of Al-Masaken in the northeastern Syrian city of Hasaka during ongoing fighting with regime forces on August 22, 2016. (AFP/Delil Souleiman)

October 4th, 2016 - 08:00 GMT

Daesh suicide bomber kills 20 at Kurdish wedding in Syria

US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. (AFP/File)

October 4th, 2016 - 06:00 GMT

US gives up on working with Russia on Syria, citing ceasefire failure

Amid claims of barrel bombs and cluster munitions being used, the French and British foreign ministers are denouncing 'war crimes'. (AFP/File)

October 2nd, 2016 - 10:00 GMT

Aleppo under attack: Strikes hit hospital again as fighting intensifies

A photo taken on May 17, 2016 shows the Turkish Parliament in Ankara. (AFP/Adem Altan)

October 2nd, 2016 - 04:00 GMT

Turkey is here to stay as extension for military presence in Syria, Iraq is approved

The photo shows Syrian refugees, stuck on the Jordanian- Syrian border, waiting to cross into Jordan, at the Hadalat border crossing on January 14, 2016. (AFP/File)

October 1st, 2016 - 11:19 GMT

Jordan at boiling point: Almost 60 Syrians denied access to medical aid at Jordanian border according to MSF

Russian president Vladimir Putin. (AFP/Kirill Kudryavtsev)

October 1st, 2016 - 08:21 GMT

Russia accused of killing 10,000 people in Syria

Syrians react as the bodies of children are pulled from the rubble of a budling following government forces air strikes in the rebel held neighbourhood of Al-Shaar in Aleppo on September 27, 2016. (AFP/Karam al-Masri)

October 1st, 2016 - 06:00 GMT

Assault on Aleppo: At least 30 more civilians killed in airstrikes

Syrians surround a man as he cries over the body of his child after she was pulled out from the rubble of a budling following government forces air strikes in the rebel held neighbourhood of Al-Shaar in Aleppo on September 27, 2016. (AFP/Karam al-Masri)

September 29th, 2016 - 12:00 GMT

UN says Syrian government committing war crimes in Aleppo offensive

Syrians await to receive treatment at a make-shift hospital following air strikes on rebel-held eastern areas of Aleppo on September 24, 2016. (AFP/Karam al-Masri)

September 29th, 2016 - 08:00 GMT

Two hospitals hit as bombardment of Aleppo continues

Syrian pro-government forces are seen on September 28, 2016 in the Farafira district, northwest of Aleppo's historic citadel. Syria's army took control of the rebel-held district after days of heavy air strikes that sparked allegations of war crimes. (AFP/Georges Ourfalian)

September 29th, 2016 - 06:00 GMT

German journalist and her baby released after captivity in Syria