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The Syrian government said on Tuesday that it has no intention of delaying presidential elections despite the raging civil war in the country. Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zohbi said the elections would not be delayed and that military operations would continue regardless...

Iraq’s electoral commission barred Tuesday Sunni Arab politician Misha'an al-Juburi from running in the upcoming general elections after the candidate called for war against the country’s Kurdish population. “Jabouri’s [candidacy] was withdrawn due to statements he made in...

France said on Tuesday Syrian President Bashar al Assad had a policy to "wipe out" his people in his bid to stamp out a three-year uprising, but this would leave Syria at a total impasse. Assad has forecast that much of the fighting in the Syrian civil war will be over...