Turkey Urges Kurdish Forces to Abandon 'Separatist Agenda' After Syria Deal

ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Wednesday that the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) ...

Syria Chooses a Parliament of Revolutionaries

In the first elections since the Assad regime was ousted, there was no popular vote and women and minorities won few seats.

First results for Syria's new parliament show low share for minorities, women

Syria on Monday published preliminary results of its indirect vote for the first parliament since Bashar al-Assad's historic ...

Minorities had hoped to break into Syria’s new political order in the weekend vote but few succeeded

Syria's first parliamentary elections since the ouster of former President Bashar Assad have revealed deep divisions among ...

Syrian defence minister and SDF commander agree to ceasefire in north and northeastern Syria

Syrian Defence Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra and the commander of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), General Mazloum ...

Syria acknowledges 'shortcomings' in number of seats won by women at election

Results from the first parliamentary elections since the fall of Bashar al-Assad show only 13% of seats were won by female ...

Few women lawmakers elected in Syria’s first parliamentary election since ousting of Bashar al-Assad

Just seven women have been elected in Syria’s first elections since the ousting of Bashar al-Assad, in an indirect ...

Syria Chooses Its First Parliament Since End of Civil War

Syrians are voting indirectly, and President Ahmed al-Shara is appointing a third of the lawmakers. Still, some see this as a ...

Syria holds first elections since Assad’s ouster, marking a cautious step in political transition

Syria has held its first parliamentary elections since Bashar Assad was ousted nearly a year ago. The People's Assembly will ...

What to expect as Syria holds first parliamentary elections since Assad's ouster

Syria is holding parliamentary elections on Sunday for the first time since the fall of the country's longtime autocratic ...
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Israel and Syria: A Conversation with Charmaine Hedding

In 2006, I was able to travel to Israel for the first time. Even as a child, I had learned from my father about the spiritual ...

Can Syria prevent a new crisis with Kurds from developing?

After deadly clashes in Aleppo, Syria’s transitional government reached a ceasefire with Kurdish forces to stabilize the north. Syria is at a crossroads.