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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 boy stands in ruins in west Mosul, Iraq. (AFP/file)

April 16th, 2017 - 11:00 GMT

The UK has bombed Syria and Iraq on more than two-thirds of days this year

A wounded Syrian, evacuated from government-held Foua and Kefraya, is carried into a field after a car bomb targeted the buses carrying the evacuees. (AFP/Omar Haj Kadour)

April 16th, 2017 - 06:00 GMT

Shia civilians the majority among at least 43 dead in Syrian bus attack

Buses carrying civilians from two government-held villages in Idlib wait in Aleppo, before the explosion. (AFP/Omar Haj Kadour)

April 15th, 2017 - 02:31 GMT

Dozens killed and injured as explosion targets evacuated civilians in Syria

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (C), his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif (R) and Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem (L) leave a hall after a joint press conference after their talks in Moscow on April 14, 2017. (AFP/Alexander Nemenov)

April 15th, 2017 - 09:00 GMT

Russia calls for OPCW investigation into chemical attack at Khan Sheikhoun

Buses enter Foua and Kefraya. (File photo)

April 14th, 2017 - 10:00 GMT

Evacuation in four besieged Syrian towns begins

Syrians ride on the turret of a moving tank in the rebel-held area of Daraa, in southern Syria, on April 12, 2017. (AFP/Mohamad Abazeed)

April 14th, 2017 - 07:00 GMT

Pentagon: US-led airstrike in Syria accidentally killed 18 SDF fighters, not Daesh

Russian Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vladimir Safronkov holds up his hand as he votes against a Draft resolution that condemns the reported use of chemical weapons in Syria at the Security Council on April 12, 2017 at UN Headquarters in New York. (AFP/Kena Betancur)

April 13th, 2017 - 07:09 GMT

Russia vetoes investigation into Syria chemical attack

A Syrian opposition fighter walks in a poppy field in Deraa, April 10 2017. (AFP/Mohammad Abazeed)

April 12th, 2017 - 02:00 GMT

Syrian government and opposition swap prisoners ahead of Madaya evacuation

Syrian residents of Khan Sheikhoun hold placards and pictures on April 7, 2017 during a protest condemning a suspected chemical weapons attack on their town that killed at least 86 people, among them 30 children. (AFP/Omar Haj Kadour)

April 12th, 2017 - 01:00 GMT

Turkey: Tests confirm sarin used in Khan Sheikhoun chemical attack

Syrians protest outside the UN's office in Damascus in support of the President, Bashar al-Assad, April 11 2017. (AFP/Louai Beshara)

April 12th, 2017 - 10:00 GMT

UN to vote on investigation into Syrian chemical attack

Judges in the case said the plot was thwarted early on and no concrete implementation of the attack had taken place. (AFP/File)

April 11th, 2017 - 02:00 GMT

Sixteen-year-old Syrian refugee convicted by German court of plotting attack

White House spokesman Sean Spicer speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 3, 2017. (AFP/Nicholas Kamm)

April 11th, 2017 - 12:00 GMT

US adds barrel bombs to list of potential ‘red lines’ in Syria