Ahmed al-Sharaa arrived in New York on Sept. 22 for a United Nations General Assembly meeting, becoming the first Syrian President to attend the annual gathering since 1967The last Syrian leader to attend the UNGA was President Nureddin al-Atassi, who ruled before the al-Assad family came to power in 1971Al-Sharaa arrived in New York on Sunday, leading a large delegation of Syrian officials, in what state media described as a “landmark trip”n18oc_world n18oc_crux