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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 ...

A rebel fighter monitors a street in the old city of Aleppo, Syria. (AFP/File)

May 10th, 2016 - 05:26 GMT

Syria: Aleppo ceasefire extended for 48 hours while US and Russia agree to nationwide truce

Afghans protesting outside the Iranian consulate in Herat in 2012. (AFP/File)

May 8th, 2016 - 09:23 GMT

Fifteen Afghans fighting for Iranian forces killed in Syria clashes

An old photo of the three Spanish journalists is circulating on Twitter to celebrate their release. (Twitter)

May 8th, 2016 - 06:30 GMT

Three Spanish journalists released after 10 months in captivity in Aleppo

A Syrian girl holds a placard during a rally in solidarity with Aleppo, in the Lebanese northern port city of Tripoli, on May 1, 2016. (AFP/Ibrahim Chalhoub)

May 7th, 2016 - 08:59 GMT

Syria: Aleppo truce extended for 72 hours

Syrians carry a giant pre-Baath Syrian flag as they shout slogans during an anti-regime protest in the rebel-held Bustan al-Qasr district in eastern Aleppo on May 5, 2016. (AFP/Karam al-Masri)

May 7th, 2016 - 05:00 GMT

UN official calls for probe into attack on IDP camp in Syria

Rebel fighters from the Jaish al-Fatah (or Army of Conquest) brigades load ammunitions into a tank during clashes with Syrian pro-government forces near the village of Om al-Krameel, in Aleppo's southern countryside on May 5, 2016. (AFP/Omar Haj Kadour)

May 7th, 2016 - 04:00 GMT

Al-Nusra Front, other rebels capture strategic town near Aleppo

Syrians shout slogans during an anti-regime protest in the rebel-held Bustan al-Qasr district in eastern Aleppo on May 5, 2016. (AFP/Karam al-Masri)

May 6th, 2016 - 06:00 GMT

At least 30 killed in airstrike on Syrian refugee camp near Turkish border

Syrian refugees at the Jordanian border in 2014. (AFP/File)

May 5th, 2016 - 11:17 GMT

Jordan increases border security after weapons found in Syrian refugee camp

A Syrian man walks past destroyed buildings on May 2, 2016, in Aleppo's Bab al-Hadid neighbourhood which was targeted recently by regime air strikes. (AFP/Karam al-Masri)

May 5th, 2016 - 08:00 GMT

New truce takes effect in Syria’s Aleppo

A man carries a young girl who was injured in a reported barrel-bomb attack by government forces on June 3 in Kallaseh district in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria. (AFP/File)

May 4th, 2016 - 01:00 GMT

Diplomats struggle over the Syrian conflict while Aleppo becomes ‘a city of slaughter’

A representational image of a pigeon. (Shutterstock)

May 4th, 2016 - 09:15 GMT

Jordan intercepts Daesh messenger pigeon, spy plane at border

US Secretary of State John Kerry stressed that finding a political solution to the crisis in Syria was crucial to avoid more bloodshed. (AFP/File)

May 4th, 2016 - 08:00 GMT

Kerry: Political transition in Syria must be reached by August