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September 22nd, 2025 - 06:06 GMT

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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 demonstrator holds a flag of the Syrian opposition as he walks before Turkish soldiers securing a section of the M4 highway, which links the northern Syrian provinces of Aleppo and Latakia, near Ariha in Syria's jihadist-controlled northwestern Idlib province on May 12, 2020. OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP

May 19th, 2020 - 08:49 GMT

UN Envoy: Any Foreign Presence on Syria Should be Counted as Occupation

A displaced Syrian woman walks with her child at the Washukanni camp for the internally displaced in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province on May 10, 2020, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. DELIL SOULEIMAN / AFP

May 15th, 2020 - 06:00 GMT

At Least 5 People Wounded in Double Bomb Attack in Syria's al-Bab

Bashar Al-Assad (Twitter)

May 10th, 2020 - 10:48 GMT

Greece Appoints a Syria Special Envoy to Normalize Relations With Bashar Al-Assad

A Syrian girl whose family decided to return home for fear of the COVID-19 pandemic in packed camps for the internally displaced, poses for a picture amid the rubble in her damaged house in al-Nayrab, a village ravaged by pro-government forces bombardment near the M4 strategic highway, in Syria's northwestern Idlib province, on May 3, 2020. Bakr ALKASEM / AFP

May 6th, 2020 - 11:08 GMT

Israel Will Keep Striking Syria Until Iran Leaves

This picture taken on May 4, 2020 during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan shows Tareq Abu Ziad (L), a displaced Syrian from the town of Ariha in the southern countryside of the Idlib province, smoking as members of his family break their fast together for the sunset "iftar" meal, in the midst of the rubble of their destroyed home upon their return to the town for one day after fleeing during the previous military assault by Syrian government forces and their allies. AAREF WATAD / AFP

May 6th, 2020 - 07:35 GMT

Likely Israeli Strikes on Iranian Positions in Syria Result in The Killing 14 Fighters

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May 5th, 2020 - 06:24 GMT

HRW Reveals: ISIS Used 50-metre Deep Gorge to Dispose of Bodies in Syria

An Iraqi fighter with the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation Forces) inspects the site of the Islamic State (IS) group attack, a day earlier, on a unit of the paramilitary force in Mukaishefah, about 180km (110 miles) north of the capital, on May 3, 2020. IS group remnants in Iraq are exploiting a coronavirus lockdown, coalition troop withdrawals and simmering political disputes to ramp up deadly attacks, according to analysts and intelligence officials, the bloodiest so far being an ambush early on May

May 4th, 2020 - 07:08 GMT

ISIS Militants in Iraq, Syria Take Advantage of The Coronavirus Crisis

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April 29th, 2020 - 07:30 GMT

Syria Reports Rise in Food Prices Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

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April 29th, 2020 - 06:56 GMT

Bomb Blast Goes Off in The Syrian Town of Afrin

An Israeli Air Force F-15 Eagle fighter plane performs at an air show during the graduation of new cadet pilots at Hatzerim base in the Negev desert, on June 29, 2017. Jack Guez, AFP

April 27th, 2020 - 07:27 GMT

Syria Air Forces Shoot Down Israeli Missiles Targeting Damascus

Top diplomats from Russia, Turkey and Iran will convene a fresh round of negotiations on Syria peace process via a video conference (Twitter)

April 26th, 2020 - 08:03 GMT

Is There a Power Struggle in Moscow Over Syria?

A convoy of US military vehicles arrives near the Iraqi Kurdish town of Bardarash in the Dohuk governorate after withdrawing from northern Syria on October 21. (AFP)

April 23rd, 2020 - 09:27 GMT

Syrian Villagers Block US military Convoy From Entering Hasakah