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Syria to kick off presidential campaign Sunday

Damascus, May 10 (IANS) The campaign for Syria's presidential elections will officially kick off May 11, the supreme constitutional court said Saturday. The court notified the final three candidates for the elections to run their campaigns from May 11 to June 2, a day ahead of the...

Damascus opera suffers under mortar strikes

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Just as Leen Arbid entered the front gate of the Damascus Opera House, a potent symbol of the Assad family's decades-long authoritarian rule over Syria, she heard a deafening bang. And then, everything went black. The drama student was going to her...

Syria clashes kill 21 rebels in Aleppo province

BEIRUT (AP) — Fierce fighting in Syria's contested northern province of Aleppo killed at least 21 rebels on Monday as rockets slammed into a government-held district in the provincial capital, killing nine people. The clashes, which erupted after midnight Sunday and...

Abbas, Hamas chief to hold first talks since unity deal

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas was to hold talks with Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal in Doha on Monday for the first meeting since their rival movements signed a surprise unity deal. "Abbas will meet Meshaal today (in Doha) but the timing is not clear," a senior Palestinian official...