Syria Concludes First Election Since Fall of Assad Regime
Ballot boxes have closed across Syria after counting extended late into Sunday evening, marking the country’s first parliamentary elections since the fall of the Assad regime
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The Syrian Arab army is advancing in several directions in the controlled by extremists region - Eastern Ghouta, the France press reports. This was stated by a senior Syrian soldier before the state agency SANA on Sunday.
"Army units are advancing in several directions," and liberated several farms and villages, a source told SANA, AFP adds that the government's army is carrying out a large-scale land and air offensive in the Damascus suburb.
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