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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 ...

Jihadi bride Shamima Begum (Twitter)

July 16th, 2020 - 11:27 GMT

Will Jihadi Bride Shamima be Able to Enter The UK to Fight The Decision to Revoke Her Citizenship?

Several blind airstrikes were carried out in Syria (Twitter)

July 16th, 2020 - 05:26 GMT

One Person Killed, 11 Injured in Two Airstrikes on Northern Syria

Daraa, southern Syria (Twitter)

July 15th, 2020 - 06:21 GMT

New Wave of Violence Rocks Southern Syria With 10 Assassinations

Russian military police carrying out patrols at the Syrian-Turkish borders - October 23, 2019 (AFP)

July 14th, 2020 - 11:06 GMT

Russian-Turkish Patrol in Syria Attacked by Roadside Bomb in Syria

Rami Makhlouf /AFP

July 14th, 2020 - 08:22 GMT

Nicholas Pritchard

Inside the Syrian Mafia: Assad's Rami Makhlouf Problem

A displaced Syrian boy stands next to clothes at a camp for displaced Syrians from Idlib and Aleppo provinces, near the town of Maaret Misrin in Syria's northwestern Idlib province on July 11, 2020. The Idlib region, Syria's last major opposition bastion, is home to some three million people, nearly half of whom have been displaced from other regions. OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP

July 13th, 2020 - 06:40 GMT

Turkey Welcomes The Extension of Cross-Border UN Aid For Syria

In this file photo a displaced Syrian boy sits next to humanitarian aid, consisting of heating material and drinking water, at a camp in the town of Mehmediye, near the town of Deir al-Ballut along the border with Turkey, on February 21, 2020. Rami al SAYED / AFP

July 12th, 2020 - 05:18 GMT

UN Resumes Syria Aid Through One 'Turkish Gate' Only

(OPCW) Executive Council gave the regime 90 days to declare all of the chemical weapons it possesses as well as where they are produced and stored. (AFP)

July 10th, 2020 - 05:03 GMT

Watchdog Gives Syria 90 Days to Declare All of its Chemical Weapons

In this file photo taken on September 20, 2017 an official looks at the empty chairs of leaders ahead of their participation in an open debate of the United Nations Security Council in New York. The UN Security Council on July 1, 2020 unanimously adopted a resolution calling for a halt to conflicts to facilitate the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, after more than three months of painstaking negotiations, diplomats said. Stephane LEMOUTON / POOL / AFP

July 9th, 2020 - 06:33 GMT

UN Votes Down Russian Resolution to Extend Cross-Border Aid to Syria

A displaced Syrian girl washes her mouth at Al Hol camp for the internally displaced people in Al Hasakeh governorate in northeastern Syria (AFP photo)

July 8th, 2020 - 10:17 GMT

Russia, China Veto UNSC Resolution to Extend Aid to Syria

Syrian refugees arrive at the Oncupinar crossing gate, close to the town of Kilis, south central Turkey, in order to cross to Syria for Eid al-Adha Muslim holiday, August 28,2017 | Photo: Getty Images /AFP/ B. Kilic

July 8th, 2020 - 08:44 GMT

Denmark May Send 900 Refugees Back to Syria

In a string of deadly campaigns, the regime retook key rebel bastions, from Aleppo in 2016 to Eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of the capital in 2018. AFP

July 8th, 2020 - 04:45 GMT

Six Civilians Killed in Vehicle Blast in Northeast Syria