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Assad appoints new head for customs

Syria’s regime government on Saturday appointed a new  director for customs, following an anti-corruption campaign and a series of terminations for senior officials within the Finance Ministry.   Prime Minister Hussein Arnous assigned Majed Omran as the director general of customs,...

Syrians vote in election certain to give Assad new mandate

Syrians in government-held areas of the war-torn country headed to polling stations early Wednesday to vote in a presidential election guaranteed to give President Bashar Assad a fourth seven-year term. The vote is the second presidential election since the country's conflict began 10 years...