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Syria Selects Members Of First Post-Assad Parliament
Local committees in Syria cast their ballots for members of a transitional parliament in a process criticised as undemocratic, with a third of the new lawmakers to be appointed directly by interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa.
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Syrian Elections Could Take 4 Years: Rebel Leader Ahmed Al-Sharaa
Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa told Al Arabiya TV on Sunday that elections could take four years, noted the importance of ties with Iran and Russia, and called for the United States to lift sanctions.
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Bashar Al-Assad Re-Elected As Syrian President For 4th Term
Bashar al-Assad has been re-elected for a fourth term as president of war-ravaged Syria, official results showed on Thursday, despite Western accusations the polls were "neither free nor fair".
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Bashar Al-Assad's Party Wins Expected Majority In Syria Parliamentary Vote
Syria's ruling Baath party and its allies won a majority of seats in parliamentary elections last week across government-held parts of the country, the national electoral commission announced late Saturday.
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UN Calls For Syria Elections In 18 Months
The UN envoy for Syria called Friday for elections in the war-ravaged country in 18 months, as the opposition announced it will attend fresh peace talks next week.
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Syrian Vote Isn't Obstacle to Peace Talks: Russia
Russia's United Nations ambassador insists that Syria's presidential election on Tuesday is not an obstacle to a political settlement of the devastating war and is urging the U.N. chief to quickly appoint a new envoy to revive stalled peace talks.
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Syria's Bashar al-Assad to run for third term as president
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad declared on Monday he will run for re-election in a vote on June 3 which is widely expected to secure him a third term in office despite a three-year civil war stemming from protests against his rule.
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Syrian opposition rejects elections 'under gunfire'
Syria's main opposition group today slammed the regime for holding parliamentary polls "under gunfire," saying it did not have the legitimacy to run elections. The Syrian National Council, an exiled opposition umbrella organisation, in a statement condemned the regime's decision to hold elections "under gunfire, missiles of all kinds and genocide."
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Syria Selects Members Of First Post-Assad Parliament
Local committees in Syria cast their ballots for members of a transitional parliament in a process criticised as undemocratic, with a third of the new lawmakers to be appointed directly by interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa.
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Syrian Elections Could Take 4 Years: Rebel Leader Ahmed Al-Sharaa
Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa told Al Arabiya TV on Sunday that elections could take four years, noted the importance of ties with Iran and Russia, and called for the United States to lift sanctions.
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Bashar Al-Assad Re-Elected As Syrian President For 4th Term
Bashar al-Assad has been re-elected for a fourth term as president of war-ravaged Syria, official results showed on Thursday, despite Western accusations the polls were "neither free nor fair".
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Bashar Al-Assad's Party Wins Expected Majority In Syria Parliamentary Vote
Syria's ruling Baath party and its allies won a majority of seats in parliamentary elections last week across government-held parts of the country, the national electoral commission announced late Saturday.
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UN Calls For Syria Elections In 18 Months
The UN envoy for Syria called Friday for elections in the war-ravaged country in 18 months, as the opposition announced it will attend fresh peace talks next week.
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Syrian Vote Isn't Obstacle to Peace Talks: Russia
Russia's United Nations ambassador insists that Syria's presidential election on Tuesday is not an obstacle to a political settlement of the devastating war and is urging the U.N. chief to quickly appoint a new envoy to revive stalled peace talks.
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Syria's Bashar al-Assad to run for third term as president
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad declared on Monday he will run for re-election in a vote on June 3 which is widely expected to secure him a third term in office despite a three-year civil war stemming from protests against his rule.
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Syrian opposition rejects elections 'under gunfire'
Syria's main opposition group today slammed the regime for holding parliamentary polls "under gunfire," saying it did not have the legitimacy to run elections. The Syrian National Council, an exiled opposition umbrella organisation, in a statement condemned the regime's decision to hold elections "under gunfire, missiles of all kinds and genocide."
