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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 ...
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After Assad: Syria’s Fractured Path Forward - MSN

Syria’s most pressing challenge is resolving its deep domestic fractures. The fall of Assad has left a country with weak institutions, destroyed infrastructure, and a population divided along ...
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How the Assads used a civil war to turn Syria into a narco state

As Syria's economy collapsed during its civil war, the country became something of a narco state. The regime of ousted President Bashar al-Assad earned billions by trafficking in the drug Captagon ...

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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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 ...