New Elections In Syria

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  Turkey Removes Two Dozen Elected Mayors In Kurdish Militant Crackdown

  Turkey appointed new administrators in two dozen Kurdish-run municipalities on Sunday after removing their elected mayors over suspected links to militants, triggering pockets of protest in its volatile southeastern region bordering Syria and Iraq.

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  Syria Must 'Eradicate Terror' for Political Deal: Bashar al-Assad

  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said today his country must "eradicate terrorism" to find a political solution to its civil war, as he reportedly expressed a willingness to hold new elections.

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  Syria's Bashar al-Assad Ready to Stand in New Election: Russian Lawmaker

  Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is willing to eventually hold parliamentary and presidential elections and is ready to run himself for president, a Russian lawmaker told AFP from Damascus today.

• Syrian President Assad Sworn in for Third Term

  President Bashar al-Assad was sworn in for a new seven-year term on state television on Wednesday after an election victory that underlined his grip on power more than three years into Syria's civil war.

• Syria's Western-Backed Opposition Elects New President

  Syria's Western-backed opposition, the National Coalition, elected Hadi al-Bahra, chief negotiator at the Geneva peace talks, as its new president on Wednesday after a three-day meeting in Istanbul.

• Syrian Opposition Coalition Elects New President

  Syria's Western-backed opposition National Coalition elected Hadi al-Bahra, chief negotiator at the Geneva peace talks, as its new president following a three-day meeting in Istanbul, the coalition said on Wednesday.

• Syrian Opposition to Elect New President

  The Western-backed Syrian opposition group will begin a three-day meeting in Istanbul later Sunday to elect a new president and discuss the offensive by Islamic militants straddling Iraq and Syria, an official with the group said.

• Reformists hopeful as Iran votes for new president

  Iranians are voting today to choose a new president in an election the reformists hope their sole candidate will win in the face of divided conservative ranks, four years after the disputed re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

• Barack Obama re-election signals new phase in Syria war

  Within hours of President Barack Obama's re-election the deadlocked Syrian conflict moved into a new phase on Wednesday, with Britain's prime minister urging the U.S. to join him in working directly with Syrian rebels and Turkey saying Washington has discussed protecting a safe zone inside Syria with Patriot missiles.