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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 ...

Lebanese soldiers stand guard in front of a church targeted by suicide bombers in al-Qaa. (AFP/Stringer)

June 29th, 2016 - 04:00 GMT

Lebanon PM hosts emergency security meeting after al-Qaa bombings

Nusra Front fighters in Syria. (AFP/File)

June 28th, 2016 - 04:30 GMT

Ceasefire monitoring group: Nusra Front has obtained tanks, anti-aircraft missiles

Footage showing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visiting troops on the frontline near Damascus was broadcast on pro-government TV. (Euronews)

June 28th, 2016 - 11:00 GMT

Syria’s Assad filmed in rare visit to Damascus frontline

Civilians drive past damaged buildings in Maarat al-Numan, Syria. (AFP/File)

June 27th, 2016 - 03:24 GMT

Rural Syrian town’s civil resistance against al-Nusra Front continues over 100 days

US-backed Kurdish and Arab fighters chat as they advance into the Islamic State (IS) jihadist's group bastion of Manbij, in northern Syria, on June 23, 2016. (AFP/Delil Souleiman)

June 27th, 2016 - 01:30 GMT

Death toll from Russian airstrikes on Daesh-held town rises to 70

His Majesty King Abdullah on Sunday meets with the families of soldiers and security personnel who fell in the June 21 attack on the northern border. (Photo courtesy of Royal Court)

June 27th, 2016 - 11:30 GMT

Jordan’s King Abdullah meets with families of soldiers killed at border

Foreign-backed militants patrol in the Syrian city of Idlib. (AFP/file)

June 27th, 2016 - 09:30 GMT

Weapons for Syrian militants sold off Jordan’s black market

Syrians evacuate a toddler from a destroyed building following a reported air strike on the rebel-held neighbourhood of al-Kalasa in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, on April 28, 2016. (AFP/File)

June 26th, 2016 - 08:00 GMT

Russian airstrikes leave at least 64 dead in Daesh-held Al Quriya

Incendiary weapons or bombs are designed to cause fires in targeted areas. (AFP/File)

June 26th, 2016 - 04:00 GMT

UN: Concerns arise over use of incendiary bombs in Syria

An aid convoy prepared to leave for the besieged town of Daraya. (AFP/File)

June 24th, 2016 - 07:00 GMT

Syria: Daraya hit by airstrike day after aid drop

A car bomb outside a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan killed six soldiers on June 21, 2016 in a remote desert area where hundreds have been held for screening for suspected links to Daesh. (AFP/Khalil Mazraawi)

June 23rd, 2016 - 02:30 GMT

Water trucks head to Jordan-Syria border in attempt to deliver aid to stranded refugees

Fighters from Syria's Manbij military council sit on June 15, 2016 in the back of a pickup truck on the outskirts of the northern Syrian town of Manbij. (AFP/Souleiman)

June 23rd, 2016 - 01:30 GMT

Syrian rebel forces advance on Daesh-held Manbij