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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 ...

Iranian soldiers from the Revolutionary Guards march during a military parade last month in Tehran. (AFP/File)

August 18th, 2016 - 04:00 GMT

Confirmed: Russian warplanes using bases in Iran for strikes on Syria

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said Turkey and Iran would "offer the solution to the crisis in Syria." (AFP/File)

August 17th, 2016 - 10:00 GMT

After normalizing relations with Russia, Turkey looks to Iran to solve Syria crisis

A Syrian man rides his motorcycle past collapsed buildings in the northern Syrian town of Manbij as civilians go back to their homes on August 14, 2016. (AFP/Delil Souleilman)

August 17th, 2016 - 04:00 GMT

Russia launches airstrikes on Syria from Iran for first time

A rebel fighter reloads the magazine of his weapon during clasahes with regime forces in Ramussa on the southwestern edges of Syria's northern city of Aleppo on August 6, 2016. (AFP/Hadi Al-Falabi)

August 15th, 2016 - 12:00 GMT

Assault on Aleppo continues: Over 70 civilians killed in clashes

Syrian children sit in a cart, loaded with belongings, in the northern Syrian town of Manbij as civilians go back to their homes on August 14, 2016 after the Arab-Kurdish alliance, known as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), pushed Daesh out of the city. (AFP/Delil Souleiman)

August 15th, 2016 - 11:30 GMT

Manbij residents begin returning home after battle with Daesh

Endless airstrikes on Idlib kill and injure hundreds. (AFP/File)

August 15th, 2016 - 10:00 GMT

At least 15 people killed in bus bombing in Syria’s Idlib province

Refugee children as young as seven are reporting incidents of abuse in refugee camps. (AFP/File)

August 14th, 2016 - 08:15 GMT

NGOs report sexual abuse in Greek refugee camps

A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) walks on a street with his weapon in the northern Syrian town of Manbij on August 7, 2016. (AFP/Delil Souleiman)

August 13th, 2016 - 06:00 GMT

Daesh kidnaps 2,000 civilians fleeing Manbij in Syria

Members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) patrol a street in the northern Syrian town of Manbij on August 7, 2016, as they comb the city in search of the last remaining militants, a day after they retook it from Daesh. (AFP/Delil Souleiman)

August 12th, 2016 - 12:45 GMT

Airstrikes kill at least 11 civilians in Syria’s Idlib province

Kadiza Sultana's family was told she married a Daesh fighter in Syria and was widowed within months. (Twitter)

August 12th, 2016 - 09:00 GMT

London schoolgirl killed in Syria after joining Daesh

An aid convoy from the Turkish Red Crescent departed from the Oncupinar border crossing into northern Syria. (AFP/File)

August 12th, 2016 - 08:16 GMT

Turkish humanitarian aid convoy headed to Syria

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. (AFP/File)

August 12th, 2016 - 04:00 GMT

Turkey eager to team up with Russia in fight against Daesh