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Damascus begins parliamentary elections on Sunday in areas controlled by the country’s government, as President Bashar al-Assad served 20 years in power amid continued war and deep economic problems. More than 2,000 candidates, including businesspeople under recently imposed sanctions by the United States, will participate in the legislative elections, the …

At least three Russian and several Turkish soldiers were wounded in Syria’s Idlib province when a joint military patrol was hit by an improvised explosive device, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. The device exploded at 8:50 a.m. local time (05:50 GMT) when the convoy of soldiers patrolled the M4 …