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Syria confirms 24 hopefuls for presidential election

(AFP) A total of 24 Syrians have registered to run in next month's presidential election, including incumbent President Bashar al-Assad, the Supreme Constitutional Court announced Thursday as the application deadline expired. The vote, scheduled for June 3, is expected to return...

Air strike kills 33 in Syria's Aleppo: monitoring group

BEIRUT (Reuters) - At least 33 people were killed when Syrian government warplanes attacked a busy market in a rebel-controlled district of Aleppo on Thursday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Activists in the area put the death count as high as 40 and said...