Today (April 14) Syria held parliamentary elections at 7,000 polling stations, keeping the voting open an extra five hours to accommodate the massive turnout.
'to go behind the sun' in Assad's Syria. Only one of Rabe Alkhdar's brothers came back alive from a Syrian prison. "My mother was wailing by that time," Rabe, a Syrian refugee now living in the US, recalled in an interview with Business Insider late
The first Syrian family to be resettled to the U.S. under its speeded-up "surge operation" departed to the United States Wednesday from the Jordanian capital, Amman.
Russia's surprise announcement yesterday that it was beginning a withdrawal from Syria sent shockwaves through Western capitals. Russia considers its mission accomplished and will leave only a small force behind. Will a political solution produce res
Syria's main opposition group said Russia's withdrawal of forces from the country will help peace talks in Geneva, even as a top Russian military official said that airstrikes will continue against terrorists.