Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa's journey from al Qaeda to rebuilding his country after rebellion

In December, rebel leader Ahmed al-Shaara proclaimed a new and free Syria. The former jihadist recently sat down with 60 ...

For the first time in nearly 6 decades, a Syrian president steps up to speak at the U.N.

Turning the page on decades of distance, Syria's President Ahmad al-Sharaa addressed the U.N. General Assembly, marking the ...

Syria holds first elections since Assad's ouster, marking a cautious step in political transition

Lara Eezouki, a member of the national elections committee in Damascus, noted that the new assembly includes all sects and groups and said it's "the first time in Syria’s history that the ballot box ...

What to expect as Syria goes to the polls for the first time since Assad’s ouster

Syria is holding parliamentary elections for the first time since its autocratic former president, Bashar Assad, was unseated ...

How Syria Can Forge a Lasting Peace

Deadly clashes this week in the Kurdish-led northeast are a warning of just how fast Syria could slide back into war, writes ...
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A Syrian president arrives in New York for U.N. General Assembly for the first time in nearly 60 years

the first president of Syria to do so in nearly six decades. The last time a Syrian head of state attended the General Assembly was in 1967. That was before the half-century rule of the Assad family ...
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For the first time in nearly six decades, a Syrian president steps up to speak at the UN

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Turning the page on decades of distance, Syria’s president addressed the U.N. General Assembly, marking the first time any president from his country has done so in almost 60 ...
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Syria Interior Ministry: Vote went ahead safely without interference

The spokesman for the Syrian Ministry of Interior, Noureddine al-Baba, confirmed that the parliamentary elections concluded ...