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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 fighter from the Kurdish People Protection Unit (YPG) walks between sandbags on the front line in the northeastern Syrian city of Hasakeh on September 4, 2015 (AFP/Delil Souleiman)

February 11th, 2016 - 05:28 GMT

Syrian Kurds capture strategic airbase from Nusra militants

Syrian migrants and refugees wait in front of the Turkish Oncupinar crossing gate, near the town of Kilis, to return to Syria on February 9, 2016. (AFP/Bulent Kilis)

February 11th, 2016 - 05:00 GMT

Turkey defends decision to keep border closed to refugees

Syrians carry the body of a victim following a reported Syrian regime air strike in a rebel-controlled area in the northern city of Aleppo, on February 8, 2016. (AFP/Ameer al-Halbi)

February 10th, 2016 - 04:30 GMT

At least 500 people killed in Aleppo offensive: monitor

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on February 10 accused the United States of creating a "pool of blood" in the region by failing to recognize Syrian Kurdish organizations as terror groups. (AFP/Adem Altan)

February 10th, 2016 - 03:30 GMT

Turkey summons US envoy over remarks supporting Kurdish PYD

Syrian children in Jordan are facing the risk of sexual exploitation. (AFP/File)

February 10th, 2016 - 12:30 GMT

Jordan to combat sexual exploitation of Syrian girls

Anisa Makhlouf died February 6 at age 86. (AFP/File)

February 10th, 2016 - 12:00 GMT

Opposition group attacks funeral of Syrian President’s mother

Syrians gather at the site following a reported air strike on the rebel-held neighbourhood of al-Kalasa in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, on February 4, 2016. (AFP/Thaer Mohammed)

February 10th, 2016 - 11:00 GMT

Red Cross aid convoy attacked near Damascus

About 30,000 refugees are currently massed along the Turkish border town of Oncupinar. (AFP)

February 10th, 2016 - 10:06 GMT

Syrians try to cross Turkish border carrying explosives, suicide belts

The rubble of a house in the Idlib province after an airstrike. (AFP/File)

February 9th, 2016 - 07:00 GMT

Russian airstrikes kill 15 in opposition-held Syrian villages

A man walks past rubble from an airstrike in Aleppo. (AFP/File)

February 9th, 2016 - 04:00 GMT

40,000 Syrians escape Aleppo after intense airstrikes

Cluster munitions. (Twitter)

February 9th, 2016 - 01:30 GMT

HRW: Russian, Syrian regime cluster bombs strike Syria ‘daily’

A powerful car bomb explosion in the centre of Damascus on February 21, 2013. (AFP/File)

February 9th, 2016 - 11:17 GMT

Several dead after car bomb rocks Damascus