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(Reuters) - One of President Bashar al-Assad's two challengers in next month's election praised his military campaign against Islamist rebels but said Syria must do more to maintain ties with the West and rebuild its economy after three years of war. Hassan al-Nouri said...

  Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Alwasl) Many members of the western-backed National Coalition said that the opposition leader Ahmed Jarba has retracted his intention for a second term extension. Source said before that NC...

The UN Security Council is expected to vote next week on a resolution to haul Syria before the International Criminal Court, although the measure is likely to fail because of opposition from Russia and China. The resolution drafted by France aims "to send a message that there...