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Syria to hold parliamentary ballot in September as first elections since Assad’s removal
Syria will hold parliamentary elections in September, the head of a body tasked with organizing the election process told ...
Southern Syria exploded into the worst violence of post-Assad era. What that means for the region's future
Seven months of relative calm in Syria came to a bloody end last week, when what began as local skirmishes escalated into the ...
Syria to hold first parliamentary elections since the fall of al-Assad
The announcement comes amid mounting unrest, particularly after deadly clashes erupted in Suwayda province between Bedouin ...
French court to decide if Assad can be stripped of immunity and tried for Syrian chemical attacks
France's highest court is ruling on whether it can strip Bashar al-Assad, the former Syrian leader now in exile in Russia, of ...
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France's top court annuls arrest warrant against Syria's Assad
France's highest court Friday annulled a French arrest warrant against Syria's ex-president Bashar al-Assad – issued before ...
Syrian Sectarian Strife Jeopardizes Post-Assad Transition
Assad’s fall, deadly sectarian clashes in southwestern Syria have exposed one of the biggest challenges to the country’s ...
France's highest court upholds some of former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad's legal protections
The Cour de Cassation upheld Assad’s head-of-state immunity, but added that since he is no longer in office, “new arrest ...
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Assad makes first public statement after Syria ouster. What ... - MSN
Assad claimed in the statement Monday that he had no intention of fleeing Syria for Russia and that he wanted to keep fighting rebel forces. But he yielded to a request by Russia to evacuate after ...
Syria forms committee to investigate Sweida violence
Syria has pledged to investigate clashes in the southern province of Sweida which killed hundreds of people last month -the second major episode of sectarian violence since the ouster of longtime ...