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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 ...

Daraa, near the Jordan-Syria border, has faced an increase in shelling and mortar strikes in recent weeks. (AFP/File)

July 13th, 2016 - 11:30 GMT

Warplanes hit refugee camp near Syria-Jordan border

Syrians look at the damage in the Syriac Quarter of the regime-held area of Aleppo, following a rocket attack by rebels, on July 11, 2016. (AFP/File)

July 13th, 2016 - 06:30 GMT

Syrian rebels brace for siege of Aleppo

Daesh turned many of the ancient ruins of Palmyra into rubble. (AFP/File)

July 13th, 2016 - 06:30 GMT

Russian airstrikes hit Daesh targets east of Palmyra

Syrian emergency personnel remove the body of a man from the rubble of a damaged building following reported air strikes on July 7, 2016, in Aleppo's rebel-held neighbourhood of Tariq al-Bab. (AFP/Thaer Mohammed)

July 12th, 2016 - 11:30 GMT

Fighting erupts in Syria’s Idlib between government, rebels

Map produced by IHS shows Daesh territorial losses between January 2015 and July 2016. (IHS)

July 12th, 2016 - 10:00 GMT

Daesh lost one quarter of its territory in 18 months: Report

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

July 12th, 2016 - 03:00 GMT

Major changes in Syrian government: Assad swears in new cabinet

The situation in the city itself is dreadful. Hospitals have been hit by airstrikes; doctors have been killed or fled. The price of bread has doubled in the last few days and people have run out of vegetables. (AFP/File)

July 10th, 2016 - 10:07 GMT

Syrian refugees who travelled home to Aleppo for Eid celebrations are now trapped

Smoke billows in the rebel-held Salihin neighbourhood of the Syrian northern city of Aleppo following a reported air strike on July 9, 2016. (AFP/Fadi al-Halabi)

July 10th, 2016 - 08:00 GMT

Daesh downs helicopter in Syria, killing two Russian pilots

Syrians attempting to cross into Turkey get sprayed by water cannons at some points along the border. (AFP/File)

July 9th, 2016 - 05:00 GMT

Syrian border crackdown: Turkey detained over 1,400 people, confiscated belongings

People walk amid the rubble of destroyed buildings following a reported air strike on the rebel-held neighbourhood of al-Kalasa in Aleppo, Syria on April 28, 2016. (AFP/Ameer Alhalbi)

July 8th, 2016 - 05:00 GMT

Forces of Assad regime cut road to Aleppo

The truce was announced as the holy month of Ramadan comes to a close, and Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr. (AFP/File)

July 6th, 2016 - 10:27 GMT

72 hour ceasefire declared in Syria

Syrians preparing traditional sweets for Ramadan in a bakery on June 28, 2016. (AFP/Sameer Al-Doumy)

July 6th, 2016 - 08:00 GMT

Bakery bombing: 25 civilians killed in northern Syria