RT - Syrians are electing their local councils during first municipal elections since the start of the lingering seven-year war. Polls have opened on Sunday shortly after an overnight airstrike hit Damascus airport. As many as 6,551 polling stations opened on Sunday morning with Syrians invited to vote for their representatives in local councils,...

The victory of Syria's ruling Baath party in the recent parliamentary elections has indicated that the Syrian government led by President Bashar al-Assad is a real and credible force in Syria; predictably, Western media largely neglected the event and even tried to downplay its significance.   The recent parliamentary elections inSyria held ...

Tehran, April 18, IRNA Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani congratulated Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on holding recent parliamentary elections in that country successfully. In his congratulation message on Monday, Larijani said Iran's strategy is to have cordial and extensive ties with Syrian people and government in line with regional security, peace ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The head of Syrias Supreme Judicial Elections Committee praised the high turnout in the Arab countrys recent parliamentary elections, saying it demonstrated the peoples strong determination to live a life of dignity. Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency, Hisham al-Shaar pointed to the five-year-old conflict in Syria and said despite ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) A Middle East expert hailed the parliamentary elections in Syria for paving the way for the formation of a national unity government, the same goal being pursued in the Geneva talks between the Damascus government and the opposition. Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency, Basem al-Awadi, a London-based expert in Middle East affairs,...

In recent days, Aleppo and its suburbs have witnessed repeated violation of ceasefire by armed terrorist groups, the most important of which include the massive invasion of Tel el-Ais by Jaish al-Fatah, Ahrar al-Sham, Faylaq Al-Sham, Jaysh al-Hur and Jabhat al-Nusra. According to reports, the terrorist groups invaded The Khan Tuman district and seized ...

The voting process for Syrias parliamentary elections has concluded and the counting work has begun amid peace talks between the Damascus government and opposition. Staff at polling stations are opening the seal of ballot boxes and taking out the votes under the supervision of candidates representatives. Preliminary estimates show that the ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin says the Syrian people must sit down for political talks and adopt a new constitution for their country. In his annual televised phone-in on Thursday, Putin said Russia is doing everything to ensure the situation in Syria does not deteriorate, adding a political process rather than military operations will help achieve ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Syrian Awqaf(Religious Endowments) Minister Mohammad Abdul-Sattar al-Sayyed praised the high turnout in the ongoing parliamentary elections in the Arab country, saying that holding the polls is a response to the cruelties of foreign-backed terrorists in Syria. Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency on Wednesday after casting his ...

Syrians go to polls in�parliamentary elections against the backdrop of a generally-holding ceasefire in the war-hit country and peace talks between government and opposition.     By IRNA  

Syrians go to polls inparliamentary elections against the backdrop of a generally-holding ceasefire in the war-hit country and peace talks between government and opposition. Polling stations opened at 07:00 a.m. local time(0400 GMT), with theofficial SANA news agency saying theywill remain open until 7 p.m. (1800 GMT). Voting, it said, could ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) A Russian parliamentary delegation tasked with monitoring the forthcoming Syrian elections has arrived in the Arab country, a Russian lawmaker said. The Russian delegation will supervise the Syrian parliamentary votes scheduled to be held on April 13, Alexander Yushchenko, a member of the delegation, told the Tasnim News Agency ...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has called for parliamentary elections to be held on April 13. The announcement was made via an official statement released by Syrias presidential office on Monday and came directly after the US and Russia announced a ceasefire in the war-torn Arab country. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the conditions ...

A senior Iranian official says holding democratic elections in Syria is an effective solution to the four-and-a-half year conflict in the Arab country. Holding elections needs preparations such as the end of war, control of borders and differentiating opponent groups from terrorist groups, Irans Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs ...

A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by the AEI Critical Threats Project's Iran research team. Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC)Deputy Commander Brig. Gen. Hossein Salami addressedthe Covenant Renewal of Basij Organization members with the Late Imam Khomeini ceremony in Tehran ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Syrian Ambassador to Iran Adnan Mahmoud said the presidential election in his country is a manifestation of the Syrian people's will, stressing that the West is afraid of the people's judgment. Speaking in an exclusive interview with FNA on Wednesday, Adnan Mahmoud said that the Syrian people's participation in the presidential election ...

TEHRAN, May 28 (MNA) Irans IRGC deputy Commander has said Syrian elections would indicate the decline of terrorists power. Brig. Gen. Hossein Salami told Mehr News that Syrian government lead on battlefields had made possible holding presidential elections and would indicate that terrorists were in decline in terms of sweep. Asked for his evaluation ...

United Nations: Syria plans to hold national elections in June or July, its ambassador to the United Nations said Friday, as Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced that he would send his seasoned Syria mediator, Lakhdar Brahimi, to Iran, the Syrian governments most vital backer in the Middle East. Iran can play a role in impressing upon the Syrian ...

Tehran, March 12, IRNA Member of Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Nozar Shafie on Wednesday proposed a trio solution to Syria crisis, including formation of contact group by the pro-Syria states, closing Syria borders and overseeing Syria elections. Shafie told the first meeting of the heads of foreign policy commissions of ...

[caption id="attachment_21012" align="alignright" width="180"] Iran"s Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian[/caption] TEHRAN, Feb. 19 (MNA) A high-ranking Iranian Foreign Ministry official says that it will not be possible to hold a calm election in Syria if the dispatching of terrorists and the shipment of arms to the country are not ...