The blast occurred as people of the Middle Eastern country are casting their votes in presidential elections. An explosion hit the Syrian city of Daraa on election day, a source said. "The explosion took place …
Polling stations opened on Wednesday across Syria in a presidential election that is set to usher Bashar al-Assad into a fourth term in office. The government says the election shows Syria is functioning normally. Assad is running …
The Syrian People's Council received applications from 51 candidates from the Supreme Constitutional Court for the presidential elections on May 26. A total of 51 hopefuls have put their name into the hat to challenge Bashar …
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday submitted documents to run for a third term in an election scheduled for May 26, parliament's speaker said on state media. Parliament announced the election on Sunday. Washington and the …
A woman from Damascus has applied to run for president of Syria, the parliament speaker said, making her the first female to make a bid for the country's top job. The presidential election, the second since the country’s …
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The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that the elections in Syria are a major factor for stabilization in the country. "More than 7000 polling stations and 3500 …
More than 7000 polling stations opened in Syria at 07:00 local time (coinciding with Moscow time) amid tight security measures. The voting will last until 19:00 pm local time. The Syrian Interior Minister Mohammed …
Syrian President Bashar Assad said he is ready to hold early presidential elections if it is the desire of the Syrian people. "I have no problem with this in principle, because the president cannot work …
Oleg Fomin: "Events are moving in the desired direction both for the Syrians and us"
The Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General on Syria, Staffan de Mistura, in an interview with the Swiss newspaper ‘Le Temps’ said that the parliamentary elections scheduled by Syrian President Bashar …
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russian President Vladimir Putin and US Secretary of State John Kerry didn't discuss the participation of Syrian President Bashar …
No elections can be implemented before the elimination of terrorism and the restoration of security and stability in the whole country, Reuters cited the administration of President Bashar al-Assad as saying. …
