Geir Pedersen, the UN special envoy for Syria, recently told the Financial Times newspaper that Syria is on a "knife-edge" ...
Syria’s parliamentary elections on October 5 raised alarm flags for me on several grounds. First, they were not conducted on the basis of a direct vote. Sixty “constituencies” were established to ...
A US-backed diplomatic push is trying to end months of Israeli attacks on Syria with a bilateral security pact. But ...
Deadly clashes this week in the Kurdish-led northeast are a warning of just how fast Syria could slide back into war, writes ...
Syria's foreign minister has arrived in Lebanon's capital, marking a potential breakthrough in relations between the two ...
At least one member of Syria's security forces and a civilian were killed in bombardment attributed to Kurdish forces that ...
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Monday that reconstructing Syria is a top priority for the state, estimating the ...
Syrians are voting indirectly, and President Ahmed al-Shara is appointing a third of the lawmakers. Still, some see this as a ...
This month marks a turning point for Syria’s children. After more than a decade of crisis and disrupted education, a powerful shift is underway—a movement to bring children not just back into ...
The annual Bayeux Awards for war correspondents were announced at an emotional ceremony in Normandy on Saturday evening. The ...
Voting in 10 districts in the Druze -majority Sweida province and Kurdish-controlled areas the north was indefinitely ...
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Syria Gears Up for First Post-Assad Elections

On Sunday, Syria will hold its first legislative elections since the ouster last year of dictator Bashar al-Assad.