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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has issued Decree No. 203 which announces the formation of the new government following elections which took place in government controlled areas on 13th April. The […]
Syria’s official news agency SANA has announced that President Bashar al-Assad has called on Imad Mohammad Deeb Khamis to form a new government following the 13th April general election. Khamis, […]
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has addressed his country’s new parliament following elections in April of this year. The last time he addressed parliament was in June 2012 after the general […]
As expected President Bashar Al-Assad’s ruling Arab Socialist Ba’ath party and allies have won 200 of the 250 seats in the general election which took place on 13th April. The […]
An election to the People’s Assembly took place on 13 April 2016. National Progressive Front (al-Jabha al-Wataniyyah at-Taqaddumiyyah, NPF) 200 Others 50 Total 250 Registered electors: 5,085,444 Votes: 8,834,994 Turnout: […]
Syria is holding its general election today to elect 250 seats for the People’s Assembly. It is hard to figure out how a free and fair election can be held […]
President Bashar al-Assad has called a general election for Wednesday 13th April 2016. How this election will work when most of Syria is involved in a civil war has yet […]
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has agreed Resolution 2254. The resolution was agreed unanimously and calls for a ceasefire, formal talks on a transition government, ‘credible, inclusive, non-sectarian governance […]
President Bashar al-Assad has appointed two new ministers. No reason was given for the change in ministers which was announced on the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) website as follows: […]
President Bashar al-Assad has undertaken an interview with the BBC Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen. You can find the full interview on the BBC website here. The full text of […]
Yesterday morning President Barack Obama laid out the United States strategy for tackling the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). He prefaced his remarks by saying that the […]
President Bashar al-Assad has announced his new Cabinet in decree no. 273. The 35 member Cabinet includes eleven new ministers but the top portfolios remain unchanged. Dr. Hassan al-Nouri who […]
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad has reappointed Wael al-Halqi (50) as his Prime Minister and asked him to form a new government. The move comes after the president won the presidential […]
President Bashar al-Assad has been sworn in for a third seven year term after his election in last month’s presidential election. The full text of his speech as published on […]
The United Nations Security Council agreed, unanimously, yesterday to allow four crossings to be opened across the Syrian border for humanitarian aid. The full text of the press release as […]
Eng. Imad Mohammad Deeb Khamis Prime Minister Gen. Fahd Jassem al-Freij Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Defence Walid al-Moallem Deputy Prime Minister Foreign and Expatriates Minister Dr. Mohammad Abdul-Sattar […]
Incumbent President Bashar al-Assad has won the Presidential election with 88.7% of the vote according to a statement released by Speaker of the People’s Assembly, Mohammad Jihad al-Laham this morning. […]
An election took place on 3 June 2014. Bashar al-Assad (Ba’ath Party) 88.7% Hassan al-Nouri (NIACS) 4.3% Maher Hajjar (Independent) 3.2% Source: Syrian News Agency
Syria holds a Presidential election today in the middle of a civil war which has been raging since 2011 and has cost the lives of at least 150,000 people. Just […]
Yet another UN-Arab League envoy has admitted defeat and decided to resign. Kofi Annan lasted from February 2012 until August 2012 when he was replaced by Lakhdar Brahimi after being […]
The Supreme Constitutional Council has announced that there will be three candidates standing in the 3rd June Presidential election. Nominations from another 21 candidates were rejected. The three candidates are: […]
The Speaker of the People’s Council, Mohammad Jihad Laham, has announced that a Presidential election will take place on 3rd June 2014. The Speaker also announced that voting in the […]
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