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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 ...

The Lebanese army moves in Arsal. (Twitter)

February 7th, 2016 - 07:00 GMT

Lebanese army prepares for sweep of Arsal

Syrian regime forces patrolling a city devastated by conflict. (AFP/File)

February 7th, 2016 - 06:00 GMT

Syrian regime forces tighten siege on rebel held areas near Damascus

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. (AFP/File)

February 6th, 2016 - 08:00 GMT

UN chief Ban Ki-moon says Daesh has allegiance of 34 militant groups

Around 2,000 members of Syria's Turkmen minority have fled to the Turkish border to escape renewed fighting in the northwest of the country. (AFP/File)

February 6th, 2016 - 05:00 GMT

Thousands of fleeing Syrian Turkmen arrive in Turkey

Syrians fleeing the northern embattled city of Aleppo wait on February 5, 2016 in Bab-Al Salama, next to the city of Azaz, northern Syria. (AFP/Bulent Kilic)

February 6th, 2016 - 06:00 GMT

Some 20,000 Syrians stranded on Turkish border after fleeing Aleppo

Mourners carry the coffin of Mohammed Hijazi, a member of Lebanon's Hezbollah who was killed in combat alongside Syrian government forces in Syria, during his funeral on February 1, 2016. (AFP/File)

February 5th, 2016 - 06:48 GMT

Hezbollah commander killed in Aleppo Shia town

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) shakes hand with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu after their meeting on October 18, 2015. (AFP/Bulent Kilic)

February 5th, 2016 - 05:00 GMT

Germany’s Merkel will be in Ankara to discuss Syria, refugees

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. (AFP/File

February 5th, 2016 - 01:30 GMT

Russian airstrikes ‘undermining’ Syrian peace process: NATO chief

Government forces chat near a tank near the Shia villages of Nabbul and Zahra in Syria's northern Aleppo province which have been under siege by Daesh for three years on February 2, 2016. (AFP/George Ourfalian)

February 5th, 2016 - 01:00 GMT

World Bank: Syrian war costs region $35 billion in productivity

Police officers escort a man who was arrested in a flat during a raid on February 4, 2016 in Berlin. (AFP/Odd Andersen)

February 5th, 2016 - 12:00 GMT

German intelligence agency received over 100 tip-offs about Daesh among refugees

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg presents the 2015 NATO annual report during a press conference in Brussels, January 28, 2016. (AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)

February 5th, 2016 - 11:00 GMT

NATO chief: Russian airstrikes in Syria undermine peace talks

A Syrian man comforts a boy amid the rubble of buildings following a reported airstrike on the rebel-held neighborhood of al-Kalasa in Aleppo, on February 4, 2016. (AFP/Thaer Mohammed)

February 5th, 2016 - 08:30 GMT

Turkish PM: 10,000 Syrians waiting for entry at Turkish border