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September 22nd, 2025 - 06:06 GMT

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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 ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (AFP)

February 19th, 2020 - 07:39 GMT

Erdoğan is on a Confrontation Course with Assad and Putin in Syria

A Turkish soldier patrols with troops in the town of Atareb in the rebel-held western countryside of Syria's Aleppo province on February 19, 2020. AFP

February 19th, 2020 - 01:20 GMT

Russia, Turkey in Brutal War of Words Over Idlib Assaults

In this file photo taken on September 22, 2018 members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) march during the annual military parade. (AFP)

February 19th, 2020 - 07:23 GMT

Iran's IRGC Guard Killed in Rebel Bombardment of Regime Positions in Syria

A Syrian woman walks by carrying a child on her back in the Washukanni Camp for the internally displaced, near the predominantly Kurdish city of Hasakeh in northeastern Syria, on February 17, 2020. Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP

February 18th, 2020 - 12:51 GMT

UN: Nearly 300 Civilians Killed in Syrian Regime Attacks

ISIS (Twitter)

February 18th, 2020 - 12:31 GMT

ISIS is Poised for a Comeback as it Doubled its Troop Number

Russian-Turkish consultations (Twitter)

February 18th, 2020 - 12:06 GMT

Turkish-Russian Talks Focus on Stopping The Bloody Idlib Violence in Moscow

A member of the Syrian Civil Defence, also known as the "White Helmets", inspects through debris and rubble while searching for survivors at a destroyed hospital in the town of Darret Ezza, about 30 kilometres northwest of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on February 17, 2020, after a reported air strike hit the building. AAREF WATAD / AFP

February 17th, 2020 - 01:29 GMT

Russian Jets Strike Two Hospitals in Syria's Aleppo

Turkish-backed Syrian fighters load a make-shift rocket launcher mounted on the back of a pickup truck in the village of Miznaz, on the western outskirts of Aleppo province, on February 14, 2020 as they prepare for a counter-offensive against advancing government forces in the Aleppo countryside. AAREF WATAD / AFP

February 17th, 2020 - 10:18 GMT

Syrian Opposition Begin Counter-Offensive on Regime Forces in Aleppo

A picture taken on February 15, 2020, shows a mural inspired by the 2011 Syrian uprising in the deserted city of Kafranbel, south of Idlib city in the eponymous northwestern Syrian province, amid an ongoing pro-regime offensive. Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP

February 16th, 2020 - 12:55 GMT

Intense Clashes: Hundreds of Syrian Regime Forces Killed in Idlib

Syrians ride a motorbike in the deserted city of Kafranbel, south of Idlib city in the eponymous northwestern Syrian province, on February 15, 2020, amid an ongoing pro-regime offensive. Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP

February 16th, 2020 - 07:17 GMT

Erdogan Will 'Take Matters Into His Own Hands' if Syrian Regime Forces Don't Withdraw From Idlib

The shelling is an escalation of hostilities in Syria that have sparked the biggest exodus of people since the civil war began nine years ago. AFP

February 13th, 2020 - 12:16 GMT

Syrian Regime Airstrikes Through The Eyes of Children

Syrian regime artillery killed five Turkish soldiers in Idlib today, Turkey's defence ministry said, as the number of people displaced by violence in the region neared 700,000 since December. AFP

February 13th, 2020 - 07:12 GMT

Turkish President Warns he Will Strike Syrian Army Positions