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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 ...

A young Syrian injured in an attack by regime forces waits to be taken to hospital, October 21, 2012, in Aleppo. (AFP/Fabio Bucciarelli)

March 4th, 2016 - 07:00 GMT

Amnesty International claims Syrian forces, Russia deliberately hit hospitals

There is no electricity in Syria.

March 3rd, 2016 - 12:32 GMT

BREAKING: Nationwide blackout in Syria

A Syrian child carries a sack of wheat, provided by the World Food Programme (WFP), in Kafr Batna, in the Eastern Ghouta area, on the outskirts of the capital Damascus on March 1, 2016. (AFP/Amer Almohibany)

March 2nd, 2016 - 06:00 GMT

Car bomb kills 18 in Syria’s southern Quneitra province

Syrian pro-government forces advance on a road through the town of Khanasser, the sole link between government-held areas in and around Aleppo and the rest of the country, after recapturing it from Daesh, on February 29, 2016. (AFP/Georges Ourfalian)

March 2nd, 2016 - 03:30 GMT

Kurdish-led fighters close in on Nusra Front in Aleppo

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Zakharova. (Twitter)

March 2nd, 2016 - 03:29 GMT

Russia claims Syrian ceasefire was violated 31 times

A 67-year-old man from Canada and a 40-year-old from the UK, nick-named by Kurdish fighters as Hewal Zinar and Hewal Cudi, train on the outskirts of the north-western Syrian town of Tal Tamr, north of Hasakeh, near the border with Turkey, as they fight alongside People Protection Unit (YPG) fighters under the commanders, Sider and Gerzan. (AFP/Uygar Onder Simsek)

March 2nd, 2016 - 01:44 GMT

Kurdish YPG claims hundreds dead in clashes with Daesh at Turkish border

Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Tanju Bilgic. (AFP/File)

March 2nd, 2016 - 12:26 GMT

Turkey claims it has only struck Daesh targets since beginning of ceasefire

Daesh militants were plotting to carry out attacks in Jordan's capital city, Amman. (Albawaba)

March 2nd, 2016 - 11:55 GMT

Jordanian authorities confirm Daesh activity in Irbid, suicide belts found

A file photo of Jordanian Special Forces training. (AFP/File)

March 2nd, 2016 - 06:55 GMT

UPDATE: Jordanian special forces clashed with suspected militants, officer killed

Syrian children carry sacks of wheat, provided by the World Food Programme (WFP), in Kafr Batna, in the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta area, outside Damascus on March 1, 2016. (AFP/Amer Almohibany)

March 1st, 2016 - 07:32 GMT

UN postpones Syria talks due to humanitarian aid blockade and continued strikes

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks during the Arab League Forum in Moscow, on February 26, 2016. (AFP/Natalia Kolesnikova)

March 1st, 2016 - 02:30 GMT

Russia’s Lavrov calls for closure of Syria-Turkey border

Syrian passports are coming under fire. (AFP/File)

March 1st, 2016 - 11:00 GMT

Over 50 Syrians stranded at Kuwait airport