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Syria to hold first parliamentary elections since Assad’s fall in September

Syria plans to hold parliamentary elections in September, according to the head of the election organizing body.

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 ...
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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

France's top court rules arrest warrant for ex-Syrian leader Assad is invalid

France's highest court ruled on Friday that an arrest warrant for former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad was invalid as it was ...
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Six months after al-Assad's fall: Syria's tightrope walk to unity

Six months ago, the once seemingly impossible became reality: Syria's long-time ruler Bashar al-Assad was overthrown after years of brutal civil war. More than five decades of authoritarian rule ...

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 ...

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 ...